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Battle for fourth spot

Reuters, London
Liverpool head into the Merseyside derby at Anfield on Sunday (1500)
knowing that victory would just about kill off Everton's hopes of Champions League football next season.
Liverpool occupy the vital fourth place - worth a slot in the Champions League qualifiers - on 59 points, two ahead of Everton with a superior goal difference of nine.
With only six games remaining after this weekend, the Blues can ill afford to slip up.
However, while Everton's attention is focused on the league run-in, Liverpool will be diverted by the Champions League, where they face Arsenal twice cither side of another meeting with them in the league in the first eight days of April.
If Liverpool do go on to reach a third final in four seasons, Everton fans will have a bigger incentive than usual to will them to lose if their side finish fourth in May. A Liverpool win would guarantee them a Champions League return at Everton's expense.
Liverpool won the Champions League in 2005 but were pipped by Everton for fourth spot in the league and needed a UEFA rule
change to allow them to enter the following season's competition in the qualifying rounds.
UEFA then amended the regulations to ensure there was no repeat of a country having five clubs in the group stage.
This will probably not be necessary if Liverpool repeat their controversial victory at Goodison Park in October, when Dirk Kuyt scored two penalties in a 2-1 win that has left Everton fans seething ever since.
The Dutchman had been lucky to escape a red card for an earlier wild lunge at Phil Neville, while Everton, who finished with nine men, were furious that their own clear claim for a late penalty was turned down.
"It's an important game, there's no doubt about that," Kuyt told Liverpoolfc.tv. "The derby is always
big but this one is going to be really big. Everton deserve to be where they are at the moment but fifth will be okay for them this season ."
Both sides dropped points last week as Liverpool lost 3-0 to Manchester United and Everton were held to a 1-1 home draw by West Ham United having lost at Fulham in their previous game.
Everton, who have a sevenpoint cushion over sixth-placed Portsmouth, are aiming higher than another crack at the UEFA Cup, which they exited on penalties to Fiorentina two weeks ago.
"It shows how far we have come that we are looking up at Liverpool in fourth rather than down,’ goal-keeper Tim Howard told www.evcrtonfc.com.
Manchester United can extend their lead to eight points at home to Aston Villa on Saturday (1715) with second-placed Chelsea not hosting Middlesbrough until Sunday (1200).
Last weekend's matches swung things heavily in favour of United retaining the title just a few weeks after Arsenal led - a run of four draws and a defeat, Sunday's 2-1 reverse at Chelsea, leaves them six points adrift of the leaders.
Arsene Wenger's team have slipped to third on 67 points, one behind Chelsea, and face an awkward Saturday trip (1500) to Bolton Wanderers where they have lost on their last three league visits and drawn the two before that.FIXTURES
(1500 GMT unless stated)
Saturday
Birmingham v Manchester City, Bolton v Arsenal, Derby v Fulham, Manchester Utd v Aston Villa (1615 GMT). Portsmouth v Wigan, Reading v Blackbum, Sunderland v West Ham
Sunday
Chelsea v Middlesbrough (1230 GMT), Liverpool v Everton (1500 GMT), Tottenham v Newcastle (1400 GMT)