Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have both written off Leicester City in the race for Premier League survival, following their defeat to Liverpool on Monday night.
In a huge boost for Nottingham Forest, the Foxes lost 3-0 to Jurgen Klopp’s side to remain in the relegation zone.
Forest are still three points above the drop zone, with two matches left to play. And both Neville and Carragher think Leicester - in 19th place and four points behind Forest - are doomed to relegation.
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Here’s what they both said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football show, following Leicester’s latest setback.
JC: “I think when you look at next week’s fixtures for all teams, they’ve (Leicester) got by far the hardest one, probably the toughest place in the Premier League to go right now.
“What I would say about all those four teams is Nottingham Forest, Everton, Leeds at the moment still feels like there’s a little bit of a feel good factor.
“Forest are on a decent run, Everton, okay, we’ll accept lost to Manchester City but before that a couple of good results, Leeds have got Sam Allardyce in now, two good results, not the end of the world losing at City, the crowd are behind them.
“But at Leicester, you hear the fans chanting ‘you’re not fit to wear the shirt’, going into training tomorrow, I don’t know how they lift themselves for Newcastle away game.
“Listen, they will lift themselves, they’ll have to, but it’s going to be a tough, long week for the manager and the players.”
GN: “We heard in commentary they’ve cancelled the days off, they’ve cancelled the awards, I’m not sure that’s going to lift them at this stage of the season either, I think they look like a group of players who are beaten.
“Look, anything can happen, we know they could go and do something absolutely spectacular, but I genuinely feel Leicester tonight have gone, and there’s no coming back from it. I think most Leicester fans will feel exactly the same.
“I don’t want to see any team go down and I’d love to be proved wrong but I think that’s the end of them tonight.”
JC: “We’re talking about a team who finished eighth last season, and they’d have been disappointed with that, don’t forget.
“Brendan Rodgers was getting criticism last season for finishing eighth. To go from where they’ve been, fifth, fifth, eighth and then to be in this position, they’ll have players who, are they ready for this battle? Are they ready for this fight? They certainly didn’t look it tonight, and they certainly didn’t look it last week at Fulham, that was an horrendous display when you’re fighting for your lives, it really was.”
GN: “I mean, if Everton were to win a game and Forest were to draw, which I think is quite realistic, they have to win both games. It’s not a case of they can win one and stay up, I think they have to definitely get a minimum of four points, and I think that won’t be enough, I think they have to win both games to stay up.
“I think the 85 percent there on the odds for them to go down will tell you basically that it’s a massive struggle for them. I think they’re gone.”
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