McCabe is a lifelong Liverpool fan who says he is surprised by how well the Reds are doing under Arne Slot this season.
“It’s been unbelievable, we can’t really ask for much more,” he told BBC Sport. “We’ve only lost one game out of 27 in all competitions so far.
“I don’t know what it is about Arne but to me it seems like he doesn’t put up with any nonsense. I reckon if anyone questions him he just stares them blank in the face as if to say ‘just get on with it, and do what I am telling you’.
“That’s the vibe I get off him anyway, and it seems to be working.
“I went to Anfield earlier this season, for our win against Aston Villa in November. Darwin Nunez scored, so it was a weird game to be at, and it was a really good goal as well.
“When Nunez plays out wide he always seems to score from an angle, because he can bend them in. It is when you put him in the middle, directly in front of goal, that he just cannot finish. I don’t know why – maybe his feet are shaped like 50 pence pieces?”
Liverpool are six points clear of second-placed Arsenal with a game in hand, but McCabe feels their lead is a fragile one.
“We are only halfway through the season and I have got to be honest, I cannot get excited about it too much,” he added. “I did that at the start of December, and we drew two games [against Newcastle and Fulham].
“Although we were still five points clear, all of a sudden it felt like it would only take one more draw and the teams below us would be right back in it.
“My ma said to me that we would have to lose three games now to let our lead slip and I said no we don’t – we only have to draw a couple more for the gap to come right down again and for a bit of doubt to set in.
“We are at the top but right now there is less pressure on us than Arsenal, and I think they are feeling it more than us.
“Everyone I listened to was predicting they would win the title this time after coming close the past couple of years, while we were not even seen as being nailed-on for the top four because Jurgen Klopp had left.
“That is something I am confident about now – I am not going to say we will definitely win the title from here, no matter how good we look, but there is no way we are going to miss out on fourth!”
Chris Sutton and Dave McCabe were speaking to BBC Sport’s Chris Bevan.
