These days winning the Europa league just isn't about adding another cup to the trophy cabinet, the UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino confirmed in May 2013 that the winners of the Europa league will be going into next year's champions league. Sevilla fc took full advantage of this route beating the Ukrainian side Dnipro 3-2 in the 2014 final. Sevilla have flourished in this competition winning back to back Europa league titles (2013,2014). In the 2015-2016 Football season Spain became the first country to have five teams in the Champions league.
Both Man Utd and Liverpool are both on this quest to try to qualify for the champions league via the Europa league. In the Premier league table Man Utd are 6 points behind Man city in four place while Liverpool are nine points but due to both there inconsistent form qualification via the league seems to be pulling further and further away even if it is still mathematically possible.
Gone are the days of rotation and playing the youngsters both Man Utd, Liverpool and Tottenham will be playing full strength sides to progress further into the competition, they cant hold back and i'm predicting all teams to win and to go through.
For me personally I think Liverpool's game is the trickiest simply because of the league cup final at Wembley against Manchester City on Sunday. I think that Klopp will play strong sides for both the game tonight and Sunday,So how refreshing was it to hear yesterday of Daniel Sturridge's pledge of commitment to Liverpool. His goal to game ratio despite his injuries is phenomenal. He's missed approximately 614 days however he has scored 45 goals in 75 appearances. He's crucial not only in terms of his finishing but his pressing up the field.
I'm predicting a 3-1 win for Liverpool with Sturridge to score a brace!!
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