Jamie Carragher is hoping the Barclays Premier League title race goes right to the wire as he is confident Hull City would be capable of doing Liverpool a favour on the final day of the season.
The Tigers provided a stern test for Rafa Benitez's side at the KC Stadium on Saturday, but the Reds emerged with a hard-fought 3-1 victory to keep up the pressure on league leaders Manchester United.
United visit the KC on the last afternoon of the campaign and Carragher believes he has seen enough of Hull to suggest they could pose problems for Alex Ferguson's men, potentially helping Liverpool's title bid in the process.
"We have been on a great run of form recently and that was probably the worst we've played in a long time to be honest," said the Liverpool vice-captain.
"Credit to them though, they competed really well and caused us quite a few problems and we were just delighted to get the result in the end.
"Good luck to them, we just hope they do the same when they play Man United at the end of the season.
"They weren't really the kind of conditions you want to be playing in when it's warm because the pitch was really sticky and the grass was long so we couldn’t really get our passing going.
"But obviously they did that because it gives them more chance of making a game of it and, like I said, good luck to them.
"If they keep going like that I'm sure they will do well and hopefully we can take the title race to the last game because it won't be easy for United to go there just as it wasn’t for us on Saturday."
Carragher was delighted with Liverpool's character as they dug in to grind out the victory.
"That's what we're about to be honest," he added.
"We've shown all season that we are prepared to fight and I think that's one of the main reasons why we've only lost two games up to now.
"Obviously people will point to the fact that we've had a few more draws than some of the other teams around us but to only have two defeats at this stage of the season is testament to the team and its character."
United visit the KC on the last afternoon of the campaign and Carragher believes he has seen enough of Hull to suggest they could pose problems for Alex Ferguson's men, potentially helping Liverpool's title bid in the process.
"We have been on a great run of form recently and that was probably the worst we've played in a long time to be honest," said the Liverpool vice-captain.
"Credit to them though, they competed really well and caused us quite a few problems and we were just delighted to get the result in the end.
"Good luck to them, we just hope they do the same when they play Man United at the end of the season.
"They weren't really the kind of conditions you want to be playing in when it's warm because the pitch was really sticky and the grass was long so we couldn’t really get our passing going.
"But obviously they did that because it gives them more chance of making a game of it and, like I said, good luck to them.
"If they keep going like that I'm sure they will do well and hopefully we can take the title race to the last game because it won't be easy for United to go there just as it wasn’t for us on Saturday."
Carragher was delighted with Liverpool's character as they dug in to grind out the victory.
"That's what we're about to be honest," he added.
"We've shown all season that we are prepared to fight and I think that's one of the main reasons why we've only lost two games up to now.
"Obviously people will point to the fact that we've had a few more draws than some of the other teams around us but to only have two defeats at this stage of the season is testament to the team and its character."
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