Daily Debate: Will Liverpool win the PL?

With Liverpool just four points behind league leaders Chelsea, two Sportmasta writers argue whether the Reds can go on to lift the trophy.

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Will Liverpool win the Premier League this season?

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is not getting carried away in the wake of their 3-0 away win at Southampton over the weekend. The clinical display means the Reds are just four points behind leaders Chelsea, level on points with Arsenal and two points clear of Man City - although City do have two games in hand.

Rodgers said: "We just want to keep winning games. There are 10 games to go now and we'll just see where it takes us.

"We only want to win the next game, that's our next focus. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves."

Jordan Henderson has also played down talk of their first title since 1990, but fans up and down the country are posing the question and our boys Matt Stead and Matt Briggs have their say...

Sam (@Sam) - THEY CAN WIN IT!

Four points off top with 10 games to go, with the league's two top scorers and two top assisters within their ranks. Can Liverpool win the league? Of course they can.

I'd possibly go so far as to say it's even in their own hands, considering their two closest rivals in Chelsea and Manchester City still have to visit an imperious Anfield, where only two sides have come away without a loss in the league this season.

Remember, too, that Chelsea and City are battling on more than one trophy front. Though City look like falling in the Champions League, the FA Cup still provides an untimely distraction and expenditure of energy. Chelsea's European progress is far from assured, but they should make it through to at least the quarter-final stage. Liverpool, on the other hand, are completely fresh each week, and it's certainly showing.

Seven wins and two draws this calendar year points towards title winning form, this from a team boasting possibly the most lethal starting XI in the league. Question marks remain over their defence, but when you're scoring goals at an average of over 2.6 each league game, the "we'll score one more than you" ethos is more than applicable.

The Reds might need at least eight wins from their remaining 10 games to bag the big prize, but with Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge, Steven Gerrard and co. on form, I really wouldn't back against it.

Destiny Okeowo (@Destinyokeowo) - THEY CANNOT WIN IT!

Liverpool are in a good position and Rodgers has done a great job to get the Reds in contention, but ultimately they will find one or possibly two teams just too good.

Chelsea are in pole position and look strong, while Man City are ready to pounce with two games in hand. Both teams have players with title-winning experience and the winning mentality, while Liverpool can only hope they have the players with the determination to succeed.

The Reds' fixtures do look favourable and with both Chelsea and Man City to face at Anfield they will surely not have a better chance of winning the title, but when the pressure increases I just think Rodgers' men will be found wanting. I believe they have the weakest defence of the top three and that might well be their downfall in the next two months when the stakes are raised.