Arsenal beat Everton 5-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Aaron Ramsey and a goal apiece from Laurent Koscielny and new signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Victory for the Gunners closed the gap on fourth spot to five points ahead of Tottenham’s visit to Liverpool today (4.30pm) and Chelsea’s trip to Watford tomorrow (8pm).
Carragher reckons the win keeps Arsenal’s hopes of finishing in the Champions League qualification places alive.
And he believes that means they will be more motivated to win the north London derby against Spurs next Saturday, which is good news for Liverpool.
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From Liverpool’s point of view, it’s possibly good Arsenal won yesterday to keep them interested in the top four
“I think it’s very difficult seeing Man United dropping out of that now,” Carragher said.
“I think they’ve got a big gap between themselves and Spurs.
“Spurs have got the game today plus next week against Arsenal.
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“I think looking at it from Liverpool’s point of view, it’s possibly good Arsenal won yesterday to keep them interested in the top four, they’ve got Spurs next week.
“It is a huge game, I think the thing about Tottenham and Liverpool, Liverpool of late have had a couple of defeats but there’s still a positivity around it going forward for the second half of the season, same with Tottenham.
“The last couple of years they finished second through a good second half of the season.”
