{"id":472961,"date":"2026-03-13T07:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472961\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:06:18","slug":"roy-keane-picks-which-team-will-finish-in-the-top-5-between-chelsea-and-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472961\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane picks which team will finish in the top 5 between Chelsea and Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea, Liverpool and Roy Keane\u2019s former club Manchester United are all battling for a spot in the top five.<\/p>\n<p>Finishing fifth should be enough to qualify for next season\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a>. Winning the tournament this term will also guarantee a place, but the chances of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> doing that are slim to none.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior\u2019s<\/a> side are on the verge of getting knocked out of the tournament after losing 5-2 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their last 16 tie on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>          Chelsea fans have spoken! You\u2019d rather keep Alejandro Garnacho than Pedro Neto <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Why do you prefer Garnacho? Or if you&#8217;re in the Neto camp, why? Tell us in the comment section below\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Alejandro-Garnacho-Pedro-Neto-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Alejandro Garnacho and Pedro Neto\" class=\"wp-image-357194\" \/>Credit: Visionhaus\/Charlotte Wilson\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images       Roy Keane tips Liverpool to finish above Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>With Chelsea\u2019s hopes of winning the Champions League, which were already slim, now out of the window, they have to finish in the top five.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/roy-keane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keane<\/a> does not think they will, instead backing Liverpool to pip them to the final spot.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/stick-to-football\/id1709142395?i=1000754794144&amp;r=2575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stick to Football<\/a>, the United legend said: \u201cI think Chelsea are going to miss out. Chelsea to miss out. Liverpool will do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2215674840-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Roy Keane working as a pundit during the FA Cup final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City.\" class=\"wp-image-302165\" \/>Photo by Michael Regan \u2013 The FA\/The FA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The good news for Chelsea is that they currently occupy fifth place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/premier-league-table\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League table<\/a>. They are only above Liverpool on goal difference, though.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues also have some hard fixtures remaining, taking on Newcastle United next. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/what-filip-jorgensen-did-in-dressing-room-after-chelsea-defeat-to-psg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Jorgensen\u2019s howler<\/a>, it will be interesting to see who starts in goal for that game.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s and Liverpool\u2019s remaining fixtures<\/p>\n<p>After Newcastle, Chelsea have to play Manchester City, United, Brighton &amp; Hove Albion, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p> Cole Palmer may be Chelsea\u2019s best signing under BlueCo, but who\u2019s your favourite? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Joao-Pedro-Cole-Palmer-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer\" class=\"wp-image-357246\" \/>Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>As for Liverpool, they face Tottenham, Brighton, Fulham, Everton, Crystal Palace, United, Chelsea and Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the Reds\u2019 remaining fixtures, then, they are no walk in the park either. Chelsea can still finish above Arne Slot\u2019s side and have probably been the better of the two teams this term.<\/p>\n<p>Failing to qualify for the Champions League would be a financial disaster for Chelsea. Hopefully that failure does not happen, but it is more than possible, especially if the Blues continue to give away such easy goals as they have been doing.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Chelsea, Liverpool and Roy Keane\u2019s former club Manchester United are all battling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,221,24740,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-472961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-premier-league","tag-roy-keane","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}