Gary Lineker has said he still backs Liverpool to win the Premier League title but feels the Reds’ draw at Villa Park ‘keeps it interesting’.

Liverpool dropped points in the title race on Wednesday night, drawing 2-2 against Aston Villa in a pulsating affair between two Champions League sides.

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Liverpool did move eight points clear of second-place Arsenal but opened the opportunity for the Gunners to cut that gap when they play their game in hand.

With third-place Nottingham Forest 14 points off top, it looks like a two-horse race between Liverpool and Arsenal that could run until the final weeks of the season.

“It keeps them in it, just.

Liverpool dropped points in the Premier League title race against Aston Villa

Still, we are eight points clear with Arsenal [having] a game in hand.”


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