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Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson(Image: Sky Sports)

Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson has prematurely declared that Liverpool will be Premier League champions this season after Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off and the Gunners lost to West Ham United.

Initially he received a yellow card but after referee Craig Pawson was advised to go to his monitor, that punishment was upgraded to a red.

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Merson was watching the match in the Sky Sports studio and, in a devastated reaction, admitted that the Premier League title race was now over.



Liverpool league champions," he said.

"I would book the open-top bus now, you will get it cheaper.

I am just letting you know."

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While Liverpool may not want to be counting their chickens just yet, they will concede that they find themselves in a brilliant position.

Should they beat Manchester City on Sunday, they will move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

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Slot's men will have played one more game than the Gunners, though.

Arsenal will play their game in hand, which is against Chelsea, on the same day the Reds bid to land their first silverware of the campaign in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium.

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