Merson: mistakes now will be remembered forever

Sky Sports pundit has warned Liverpool and Manchester City that if they make any mistakes in the Premier League title run-in, they’ll never be forgotten, according to Sky Sports.

Just one point separates the two sides with six games remaining in what has been one of the closest title races in years.

And Merson, whose old side play Liverpool tonight, has told the Reds and City that any mistakes now will haunt them for years to come.

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“The pressure is immense at this stage of the season because whoever makes a mistake now is going to be remembered forever,” he said.

“You miss a chance after 15 or 20 games then nobody remembers it, but everybody remembers Steven Gerrard slipping [in 2013/14 to dent Liverpool’s title chances]. You can’t tell me there weren’t mistakes before that in the season and people missing sitters to win matches.

“This is it and everybody remembers the mistakes. It’s The Run In, you are playing to win the Holy Grail of football, in my opinion, after 38 hard games.

“People don’t understand. They think these two teams are just going to breeze through every fixture – it doesn’t happen!

“I was fortunate enough to be in a title race and these games are gruelling. A game like this against Southampton in November is a walk in the park for Liverpool. You’d say they would turn up and win. That isn’t the case now because of all the pressure.”

He added: “I just think Manchester City have got the squad. Liverpool beating Porto over two legs in the Champions League won’t do them any favours as they have at least another two games.

“You only have to look at Manchester City the other day against Cardiff. It was a pressure game that they needed to win to go top again. They leave out David Silva, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero is injured. How in their wildest dreams could Liverpool do that?

“Plus they have an extra two games at least to play if they beat Porto. That is where the problem lies, will the squad be big enough?”

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