Liverpool is four points ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League standings ahead of facing Everton in the Merseyside derby, with fifth confirmed as enough for the Champions League
Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior during a press conference.(Image: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has admitted his side has a “mountain to climb” in the race to beat Liverpool to a Champions League place this season after it lost 1-0 at Stamford Bridge against Manchester United.
There is a four-point gap between sixth-placed Chelsea and fifth-placed Liverpool as things stand, but the Reds could extend that when they play Everton later today at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Chelsea is currently level on points with Brentford and Bournemouth and only a point clear of Everton and Brighton, with the latter scoring a last-minute equalizer against Tottenham on Saturday.
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“And then we have wave after wave of attack, crosses in the box, moments we don’t take advantage of. I think we’ve hit the woodwork four or five times.
“What we can’t do is get into a cycle where we feel like it’s not going to be our day or we feel sorry for ourselves because we have to keep working. We have to turn this around.
Matheus Cunha celebrates after scoring for Manchester United against Chelsea(Image: Getty Images)
“But I can’t, I will never lie, I can’t speak on things that I don’t see. I saw a team that were dominant.
“We were dominant from the first moment of the game to the last. But we have to take care of our moments better. And that’s what’s costing us points at this moment in time.
“It gives us a mountain to climb. It’s not insurmountable but it gives us a mountain to climb and we have to go into Brighton with an idea that we have to win that game and kick-start the rest of our season.”
Chelsea finishes the Premier League season with games against Brighton, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Spurs and Sunderland. It also has an FA Cup semi-final against Leeds.
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After taking on Everton, Liverpool concludes the campaign with fixtures against Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Brentford, with the majority of those teams very much in the thick of the race for the European spots.
“Every team is, of course, focused on the positions around them,” Arne Slot said on Friday. “So, if you are at the bottom end of the table, you play a mini-league against a team that could go out of the league.
“And of course, our focus now is definitely not on Arsenal, it’s on the teams around us when it comes to playing a mini-league. But our main focus is on the first game at hand and that’s Everton.”
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