Liverpool supporters are having to decide whether they would prefer to see Arsenal or Manchester City snatch their Premier League crown this season.
Reds’ fans had headed into the campaign expecting Arne Slot’s team to retain the title they won last season, or at the very least go very close to doing so.
Unfortunately, with 12 games left to play, the chances are that Liverpool will be nowhere near the top of the pile come May 24th.
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For a long while, it has looked as though Arsenal would finally win the Premier League for the first time since 2004. However, after back-to-back away draws, Mikel Arteta and his team risk being reeled in by Pep Guardiola and Man City.
The latest ray of hope for City arrived on Wednesday, as Arsenal threw away a two-goal lead against bottom-side Wolves. Some Liverpool supporters may have chuckled at the last-gasp manner in which the Gunners dropped two more points, but as Arteta’s team limp towards the line, it should only make Reds fans more annoyed: this should have been their season again.
Liverpool were good enough to win the Premier League again
There is a reason Liverpool were overwhelming pre-season favourites to make it two Premier League titles in two years last summer.
Arne Slot had spent a bucket-load in the transfer market, adding to what was arguably the best squad in the country already.
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Although that has not proven to be the case, Liverpool should still have been more than good enough to match whatever Arsenal and City are doing this season.
They may have been more consistent than the rest, but Arteta’s team clearly have major flaws. 58 points after 27 matches is the lowest points tally of a Premier League leader since Leicester City hit 56 in 2015/16. Had Liverpool been just a little better, they would still be right there in the mix.
The Reds have dropped some ridiculous points this season, but had they turned just three draws into wins, for example, and another loss into a draw, they would have seven more points. That was well within their reach, and would mean they sat nine behind Arsenal with a game in hand. Hardly insurmountable.
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That Liverpool have been left so far off the pace despite the pace-setters being nothing particularly special only highlights what a poor job Slot has done this term.
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It is clear that Man City’s come-from-behind win over Liverpool earlier in February could end up being the turning point in the Premier League title race.
Had the Reds held on at Anfield, Arsenal would be nine points clear and looking good heading into the final third of the campaign.
But City winning, and then following that up with an easy victory over Fulham, put the pressure right on Arsenal, meaning their lead had been cut to three points by the time they faced Brentford last weekend.
A draw in that game followed by another terrible result at Wolves makes it feel somewhat inevitable that City will capitalise to win a seventh title in nine seasons.
Liverpool remain the only team to stop Guardiola’s side over the period. Given the way things are going over at the Emirates, they should really have done it again this season.
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