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The Watford manager tried to sound hopeful ahead of his side’s match against Liverpool. He didn’t quite pull it off. There have been sides that have felt inevitable in the Premier League before. Arsenal’s Invincibles, Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea at their peak, Manchester United over far too many seasons under Alex Ferguson.
This year, though, for the first time, the inevitable side is Liverpool. A side opponents often feel they’ve lost to before the match kicks off. It’s a situation Watford manager Nigel Pearson admits they’re trying to prepare for.
“There’s probably less expectation on us in this game than there might be on others,” he noted when he spoke to the press ahead of Saturday’s game. “But there are three points up for grabs in eve...