Liverpool’s recent excellent form is a huge threat to Manchester United’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, Gary Neville has revealed.

The Red Devils legend firmly believes his former side will finish in the top four this season but, in a conversation with Jamie Carragher on talkSPORT, he conceded their rivals’ brilliant run of results has got him worried.

While guest hosting Drivetime, he admitted: “While I said that I think Manchester United will finish in the top four, I’m a lot more concerned about it than I was three or four weeks ago – particularly about Liverpool.

“They obviously now have come into a run of form where they are keeping clean sheets and they are playing a lot better.

“I wasn’t as concerned a few weeks ago; thinking they were seven or eight points behind and they had the cup commitments they have got coming up. But now they’re within a fairly short distance of Man United I think I am more concerned.

“I still think, in the end, [their extra European games] will be too much but I am more concerned than I was.”