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Mark Jones

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher agree on Premier League top four finishers

Sky Sports punditry pair Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have made their predictions on who will finish in the Premier League's top four at the end of the season - and they agree on just who it will be.

With Liverpool and Manchester City clear at the top of the table and engaged in one of the best title races in years, the four teams below them are scrapping it out for a place in next season's Champions League.

Chelsea moved up to third with an Eden Hazard-inspired 2-0 win over West Ham on Monday night, but they've now played a game more than Tottenham , Arsenal and Manchester United .

Only five points separate the four teams, and Neville and Carragher predicted just how the rest of the campaign will go on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football coverage of that Chelsea win.

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"If you look at the fixtures, I look at Tottenham’s fixtures, I have to say that’s obviously the one [vs Manchester City] that stands out, but if you look at Arsenal’s fixtures you’d say they have the best run-in as they don’t play against any of the top teams," said Neville.

"The problem they have got is that they have four away games, Arsenal, and they're shocking away from home.

"Chelsea have got United and Liverpool away, they’re two tough games at the end of the season, I would, with United, put Everton in there as a tough game, (as well as) City and Chelsea.

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"For the moment I think Tottenham will finish third because they have the four home games and they’re the ones I think that can accumulate the points.

"And if I look at United specifically… Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) himself said before the Wolves game that they’d need about 15 points to get into the top four, that game has fallen away now, but you look at the rest of their matches and there’s six there, they have to win five of them."

Carragher then added: "I think they’re (Spurs) back on track with their fixtures after a poor run and they have the home stadium now.

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"Arsenal have better fixtures than Chelsea and Man United but I’d be surprised if Arsenal won more than one away game. I don’t see them winning more than one away game from those they’ve got.

"Yes they’re not against the top six but they’re those difficult ones, very similar to Everton. Really I haven’t got a clue out of the other three because in some ways you can’t trust them – I feel like I can trust Tottenham a little bit. I know they’ve been on a bad run, it’s very tight.

"If I had to call one I would go with Manchester United."

To which Neville simply added: "I'll agree with him!"

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