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Dominik Szoboszlai couldn’t quite work out what was going on at first.
As the Liverpool midfielder prepared for his post-match interview on the pitch, a loud, guttural roar spread from one corner of Anfield before reaching the Kop.
It was then Szoboszlai turned to see Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker taking the acclaim of the home support, the former with his hands triumphantly in the air while the latter beat his chest before letting out a defiant shout.
Cue Alisson then giving Liverpool’s man of the match a big hug before making his way off the field to further cheers.
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Another potentially decisive evening in the Premier League title race ended with the Reds having further extended their advantage at the summit to a whopping 13 points.
The action may have been unfolding in front of them at Anfield, but more than a few Liverpool supporters had an eye or ear on events more than 100 miles away.
And when news filtered through that nearest title challengers Arsenal had dropped more points in a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest, the home fans ensured the Reds players got the message.
By that point, Szoboszlai had given Arne Slot’s side the lead with Liverpool’s 100th goal of the campaign before Alexis Mac Allister strode forward to thump in a second shortly after the hour.
Suddenly, those draws at Everton and Aston Villa – which some feared costly – weren’t bad results after all given how Liverpool responded to those setbacks.
It wasn’t quite a party atmosphere at Anfield but there is an unspoken collective belief, shared by both fans and players, that the job has now changed
This is now about seeing it over the line and, with six of the remaining 10 games at home, opportunity is now knocking so loudly it can be heard all the way to the Emirates.
“We shall not be moved,” chanted the Kop during the second half
And it appears only something seismic – which, bearing in mind what happened the last time the Reds were this far clear, is not entirely outside the bounds of possibility – can now stop Slot’s machine.
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