Gary Neville believes the thought of Liverpool not qualifying for the Champions League will be 'getting' to manager Jurgen Klopp.
The Reds sit four points off the top four going into the closing stages of the season. A win over Brentford would've cut the gap with Manchester United ahead of the Red Devils' trip to east London to face West Ham United.
Brighton and Hove Albion frustrated Erik ten Hag's side in midweek as Liverpool target Alexis Mac Allister cooly converted a stoppage-time penalty to hand the Seagulls the points. The win moved them to within four points of Jurgen Klopp's men as their dream of European football was kept alive.
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The clash with Brentford posed an opportunity to keep the pressure on the rivals and the former United defender Neville believes the encounter is a 'must-win'.
He tweeted: "Liverpool game a must win. The thought of them not being in CL will be getting to Klopp even though he won’t let on! He knows how big it is for them!"
The Sky Sports pundit noted that Klopp has been coy when he has been probed over the race for top four. Liverpool have been playing catch-up for most of the season after enduring one of their most difficult campaigns since he arrived from Germany.
Ahead of the visit of Brentford, he said: "Other teams are above us and if they win their games we have no chance. We have teams behind us, Brighton could win all of their games this season given how they played last night.
"We have 59 pts, we can get 71 maximum, I think United will get the points they need. We have enough to do with ourselves. Brentford, oh my God, it's such a difficult game. They are really good at counter attacking. The players and the manager are great.
"All we can do is take care of our own business. The way the top four have played over the year, nobody looks like they'll lose more games than they'll win between now and end of the season."
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