Liverpool made history as the team with the highest points advantage over its closest competitor, Manchester City, on the Premier League stage. Liverpool’s journey to win the first trophy in the English League since the format changed to the Premier League, almost cannot be dammed by other clubs.
This is evidenced by Liverpool’s big win over Southampton in the 25th week of the English League at Anfield on Saturday. Liverpool won 4-0. Mohamed Salah became an actor in the match against Southampton. He scored two goals (71 ‘, 90’), and the remainder was printed by Oxlade-Chamberlain (47 ‘) and Jordan Henderson (60’).
Goal Feast at Anfield After the match, Juergen Klopp said he was a bit surprised at the results his team achieved. “We (Liverpool) had difficulty in the first half but fortunately we were able to clean up quickly,” the coach said. “Southampton is a team that is making it difficult for us at the moment, even though we are superior, we admit it.”
“They are difficult to stop so that our game did not develop, so I changed the style of play so that Liverpool got out of pressure. What surprised me even though we were superior but the spirit of Southampton never collapsed, we appreciate that,” Klopp added. These results make Juergen Klopp’s troops undefeated so far this season with 24 wins and one draw.
In addition, the increasingly strong position of Liverpool perched at the top of the Premier League standings with 73 points. Liverpool are 22 points ahead of the nearest competitor, who is also the defending champion, Manchester City, ranked second by collecting 51 points.
Manchester City failed to close the distance because they lost 0-2 to Tottenham Hotspur in the 25th week, Sunday. As a result, the difference in points currently makes Liverpool print new history in the English League. Reporting from OptaJoe, the difference of 22 points became the highest record of the top ranking advantage of its closest competitors since the Premier League format was present in 1992. After diving in the Premier League, Liverpool will follow the rematch against Shrewburry in the FA Cup on 5 February.
Although at the moment we are not able to say that Liverpool has been crowned as champion of England, however it is pretty obvious that Liverpool’s competitors this season are not able to overtake The Reds.
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