Unfortunately, It’s Out Of Our Hands - Liverpool Defender Andy Robertson On Top-Four Finish

The Reds thrashed relegation-threatened Leicester City 3-0 at King Power Stadium on Monday night to keep their faint hopes of securing Champions League football alive.

A month ago, Liverpool were in eighth, 10 points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester United, but seven successive victories have propelled them to fifth and only a point behind their rivals, who have a game in hand.

"It’s in their hands and for them it’s in their hands and if they win their games then we can’t do anything about it. I’d much rather be in that position," Robertson told Liverpoolfc.com

"We’ve spoke about it in seasons gone by in terms of when we were chasing Man City for titles, I think always when you’re the team with more points and things like that, it’s always a better position to be in. 

"I don’t think anyone saw six weeks ago that we would even be in with a chance of Champions League football, people were talking that we might not even make Europe. So the fact that we’ve secured European football was the first task we wanted to do because it meant we’d won more games than not in that small period.

He added: "But we’ve given ourselves a chance and all we can do is keep winning our games."

"And at the end of the day that might not be enough, which will be disappointing – disappointing as a squad, disappointing as a club and we know the fans will be disappointed. 

"Unfortunately, it’s out of our hands; we’ve got two games left and the other teams have got three. It’s out of our hands and we can’t do much about it, we have to win our two games and hope that that’s enough. And if it’s not we have to deal with the consequences. 

"But, like I said, I think the last six to eight weeks have given us a building block to move on from next season, to have different formations, to have different ways of playing and being able to put a good run together like that can stand us in good stead for next season to achieve what we want to achieve."