Paul Merson says Liverpool have had a bad week but has called for perspective over the Premier League leaders’ season.
Liverpool are 12 points clear at the top of the table with nine games to go and expected to coast to a record-equalling 20th top-flight English title.
But their hopes of a potential treble evaporated in the space of five days with Sunday’s Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle following hot on the heels of their Champions League exit at the hands of PSG last week.
“That was a tough week for Liverpool. But let’s get it in perspective. If someone said at the start of the season that Liverpool would be champions, you wouldn’t have believed them, would you?
“When you sit down in the cold light of day, if you’re a Liverpool fan or player, the Holy Grail is the Premier League.
“Especially for Liverpool who’ve won the Champions League enough times, if someone said to you, right, what do you win this season? You’d have to say the Premier League. It’s the Holy Grail.
“They won it last time in lockdown. It wasn’t the same. Their fans weren’t there. And their fans will be there this time when they pick it up.
“So let’s not look shy about how great they’ve done. They’ve lost one game in the league. They’ve just had a bad week.
“To lose one game in the Premier League is just mind-blowing. I think everybody’s got to just get it in perspective.”
