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Paul Merson found himself trending on Twitter this morning. And not exactly in a good way.

The former Arsenal forward, and current Sky Sports pundit, irked fans with his top four predictions . He argued that Manchester City and Arsenal would be joined by Tottenham and Chelsea, currently 16th after 12 games, in the Champions League places.

Explaining his comments, he said that Liverpool look "short" after the defeat to Crystal Palace and says Chelsea will put together a run of wins to get into the top four.

"I think Liverpool are short, I think we saw that against Crystal Palace the other day. I think there's a lot of work to be done there still for Jurgen Klopp," he said.

"Chelsea are not a bad team, believe me. They were all right against Stoke, they played well. They will go out to win football matches, Man Utd go out not to lose.

"If you win six on the trot and Man Utd win one in six but don't lose, they've eaten that gap up already."

Merson had argued that Chelsea faced their "easiest game for a month" before the Reds won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge two weeks ago.

Liverpool fans weren't exactly on board with Merson's predictions:

James Court: That is the nailed on top 4 for both then , the Merse guarantee - should always ignore what he says.

Ken Chan: Leicester for CL football then.

Robert Shkurti: Neither will Spurs and City, to him Arsenal will occupy the whole of the top 4.

And here's what Jurgen thinks...