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Feb 23, 2025, 02:10 PM ET

MANCHESTER, England -- Liverpool took a giant step closer to winning the Premier League title with a 2-0 win on Sunday at outgoing champions Manchester City, moving 11 points clear at the top of the table.

Mohamed Salah's 30th goal of the season in all competitions and a Dominik Szoboszlai strike sealed a victory that was much more comfortable than the score line suggests.

For Man City, who were without the injured Erling Haaland, the loss leaves them facing a battle to qualify for next season's Champions League.

City are now in fourth position, 20 points behind Liverpool, and in a race with Newcastle, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Aston Villa for a Champions League spot.

Was this the weekend Liverpool won the 2024-25 Premier League?

If Arsenal had beaten West Ham on Saturday and Liverpool had failed to beat City on Sunday, the title would have been in Arsenal's hands.

Not since beating Inter Milan in the 2023 Champions League final, in fact.

Last season, City failed to beat Liverpool or Arsenal in the Premier League and it has been the same this time around.

-- Mark Ogden

Slot achieves something Klopp never could

In his first season leading Liverpool, Slot is already on course to match Jurgen Klopp's title haul, and he's already ticked off something his predecessor never managed.

Klopp's rivalry with Guardiola characterised a Premier League era, but the German never recorded a league win over Guardiola's City at the Etihad Stadium.

Klopp would probably argue that he never faced a Guardiola team that was languishing 20 points off the top of the table, though.

It was a very comfortable win for Mohamed Salah and Liverpool over Manchester City, a result that may seal the title for Liverpool and push Man City out of Champions League qualification. PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images

It's remarkable that Klopp led Liverpool to 97 points in 2018-19 and 92 points in 2021-22 and finished second on both occasions.

Liverpool were comfortable winners here, just as they were over City at Anfield in December.

It says everything about where these two teams are this season that Liverpool were able to cruise past Real Madrid in the Champions League group phase in November.

-- Dawson

De Bruyne is fading fast

Kevin De Bruyne will go down as a blue-chip Premier League legend thanks to his incredible ten years at Manchester City, but we are watching the final days of the midfielder's time at the Etihad and it is becoming a sad farewell for the 33-year-old.

De Bruyne, who has won 14 major honours including six Premier League titles with City, was substituted halfway through the second-half by Pep Guardiola after a nightmare performance against Liverpool.
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