Gary Neville has surprisingly predicted that Chelsea will beat Liverpool and Tottenham to finish in the Premier League top-four.
But the Manchester United legend has revealed that his prediction changed while watching Tottenham’s 1-1 draw at Leicester City on Monday night.
Spurs dominated the first-half and deservedly took the lead through Pedro Porro but the Foxes fought back well, with Jamie Vardy equalising in the 57th minute.
After the match, Neville gave his predictions for the season where he once again reiterated his belief that Arsenal would end Manchester City’s title-winning run.
But it was his top-four prediction that raised eyebrows, with the Gunners and the Citizens joined by Manchester United and Chelsea, with the latter taking the place of his original pick Tottenham.
Explaining his change of mind, he told Sky Sports: ‘I wasn’t sure [about Tottenham]. I hope Tottenham finish fourth, I think they play good football.
‘But what I would say is when the subs came on tonight, I thought that could be a problem for them in the sense of the strength in depth.
‘I think Chelsea have the better squad. Chelsea could easily be an absolute mess because they could be.’
In regards to snubbing Liverpool, Neville added: ‘The impact of Jurgen Klopp [leaving] will take its toll, just off the evidence of history. That’s it.
‘Evidence of history when a manager like that leaves… at some point I think they’ll be pain this season for Liverpool and it could cost them.’
The three clubs in question have begun the season with very mixed fortunes, with Tottenham drawing at Leicester after Liverpool beat Ipswich Town 2-0 and Chelsea lost to City by the same scoreline.
Neville had earlier slated Chelsea’s transfer policy alongside Jamie Carragher, who was left staggered by his fellow pundit’s predictions.
The Liverpool legend has instead tipped the top-four to be City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham, with Chelsea not even in his top-six.
