Odds shorten on Houllier exit

Liverpool, who led the Premiership by seven points after their last victory over West Ham in early November, are now just 66/1 to be relegated, after starting the season with odds of 1,000/1 for such an occurence.

Gerard Houllier is now 4/1 third favourite to be the next managerial casualty while the Reds are 150/1 to not win another league game all season.