Liverpool will move to sixth on the table if they beat Nottingham Forest at home on Saturday.
At last, the Reds responded to their slump and they did so in style as they hammered leads 6-1. It was a win that snapped a five-game winless run which has all but put paid to their chances of a Champions League spot.
A win over Forest will also help rivals Everton in the race for Premier League survival, so three points might be bittersweet.
Anfield not witnessing European football is almost unthinkable, so Jürgen Klopp’s men return to home needing to keep the points rolling in, something they’re accustomed to having lost only one of their last 37 home league matches (W27, D9).
Forest beat Liverpool 1-0 in October but haven’t won in 25 matches at Anfield.
And to make it worse, the visitors are winless in 10 league games.
Forest’s last league-double over their hosts was back in 1962/63. The form book certainly dismisses the chances of a historic double as unlikely, with Forest’s haul of six points and five goals scored on their PL travels this season both being league-lows.
Diogo Jota returned to the PL scoresheet after a 372-day drought with a brace against Leeds, continuing his record of having never lost when scoring for Liverpool (W25, D4).