The Fiver | An unwelcome distraction to Premier League title ambitions

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Everyone knows it needs to be put out of its misery. Everyone knows it’s living on former glories; that it hasn’t been the same since the late 1990s; that, for all the bullish rhetoric, nobody really cares about it anymore. But that’s enough about The Fiver, because there’s one FA Cup third-round match remaining! Wolves host crisis club Liverpool, who have lost their last one games, at Molineux. And, though neither side will explicitly say as much, the competition is a bit of an unwelcome distraction to their Premier League title ambitions. Liverpool are aiming to win the title for the first time since Doogie Howser, M.D. was in his scalpel-wielding pomp, while Wolves are only two points behind leaders Leicester in Division Two of the Premier League.

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