No Liverpool player would be willing to admit it until it is mathematically impossible for Arsenal to catch up in the Premier League title race.

But the Reds have been in the driving seat for the league title for some time.

Even before Liverpool beat Newcastle United and extended its advantage to 13 points, the Opta boffins rated Liverpool’s chances of winning the league at more than 97 percent.



Arne Slot’s side has still lost just one game of significance this season and if it doesn’t get over the line from here, it will be the biggest collapse in history.

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Deep down, Liverpool — just like The Kop was gleefully singing — must know it.

We tried until the end but weren’t able to do it."

These latest dropped points mean that Arsenal is still yet to win more than three matches in a row in the Premier League this season.

We’re here to win."

By the time Liverpool moves into April — by which time it will only have played one more game in the Premier League than it has now due to an FA Cup weekend, the Carabao Cup final and the international break — it will start to feel even more real

For those inside Anfield singing "We’re gonna win the league" — and for Arteta too — it probably already does.


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