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View image in fullscreenAlexander-Arnold winner puts Liverpool on verge of title and relegates Leicester

It was the 76th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold whipped off his No 66 shirt to exhibit his cartoonish torso, ran towards the pocket of giddy Liverpool supporters and spread his arms as wide as humanly possible, as if to say: “Well, isn’t this what you came for?” In many ways, yes, Alexander-Arnold’s vicious, unerring strike earned an inevitable victory over a team that lost hope a long, long time ago.

Arne Slot said he caught the first 10 minutes before heading into a pre-match meeting and boarding the heavily-branded team bus to the King Power Stadium.

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That win for Arsenal, which was wrapped up long before this game started, prevented Liverpool from clinching the title regardless of any shellacking inflicted on Leicester, for whom failure to beat the champions-elect confirmed another fact we have known for a while: Leicester will be playing in the Championship next season.



Mohamed Salah saw the first of his several efforts pinball off one post and against another before Ricardo Pereira hacked the ball clear inside three minutes and Luis Díaz went close with an acrobatic effort before half-time.

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Jamie Vardy, who again led the line for the hosts, talked of how Leicester broke a rotten cycle of results by earning a point at Brighton last time out and, in fairness, they were well in this game until Alexander-Arnold’s strike flew in.

Wilfred Ndidi recorded Leicester’s first effort, cannoning a left-foot shot against a post after Stephy Mavididi whizzed clear of Conor Bradley.

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Despite Leicester’s best intentions, it still felt like a matter of time for Liverpool.

Dominik Szoboszlai leathered a powerful shot at Mads Hermansen, which the Leicester goalkeeper parried before Coady cleared for a corner with Salah lurking.

Tsimikas’s corner caused a headache in the Leicester box and Salah saw his shot strike a post before Diogo Jota rattled the crossbar.

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