'One of those two will win it. There's only Liverpool up there with them and Arsenal aren't going to win it this year. So, it's evens between those two. But I wouldn't want to pick a winner from those two.

'Arsenal have dropped too many points. I can't see them coming back into it.

'Liverpool rely so heavily on Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, so I still see them coming up short.'

THE TIMES, LONDON