Liverpool’s Argentinian midfielder #10 Alexis Mac Allister celebrates scoring the workforce’s second objective in the course of the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on February 26, 2025. (Picture: AFP)
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Liverpool moved a large step nearer to the Premier League title with a ruthless 2-0 win towards Newcastle, whereas Arsenal’s problem is in tatters after a 0-0 draw towards Nottingham Forest on Wednesday.
With suspended boss Arne Slot watching from the Anfield stands, Liverpool opened up an enormous 13-point lead over second-placed Arsenal because of targets from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.
In Wednesday’s different motion, Manchester Metropolis received 1-0 at Tottenham, whereas 10-man Manchester United held on to beat lowly Ipswich 3-2.
However it’s Liverpool who proceed to hog the Premier League highlight as an almost-flawless marketing campaign approaches a memorable climax.
The Reds look sure to win the Premier League for the primary time since 2020, which is able to transfer them degree with Manchester United on a record-equalling 20 English titles.
Having received 2-0 at fading champions Metropolis on Sunday 24 hours after Arsenal misplaced to West Ham, Slot’s males stored their foot on the gasoline.
Szoboszlai netted with a medical end within the eleventh minute and Mac Allister’s high quality strike within the 63rd minute made it 20 wins and only one defeat from 28 league video games this time period.
In his first season after changing Jurgen Klopp, Slot has made an astonishing affect, which may but embrace Champions League and League Cup glory as properly.
The Reds play Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League final 16 first leg subsequent week and face a rematch with Newcastle at Wembley within the League Cup ultimate on March 16.
“After beating Man Metropolis everybody was so optimistic then folks begin to get assured and complacent,” Slot stated.
“Solely those that wish to obtain one thing, they discover one other gear to win the subsequent sport as properly.”
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta had stated his aspect would concede the title “over my lifeless physique”.
The Gunners have a sport in hand on Liverpool, however Arteta might have to simply accept the stalemate on the Metropolis Floor was the ultimate nail within the coffin for Arsenal’s try to win a primary title since 2004.
The toothless Gunners, enjoying with no recognised striker, managed only one shot on track on the Metropolis Floor, with Riccardo Calafiori hitting the put up within the first half.
“Right this moment we dropped two factors which may be very painful once more and we’ve got to step up,” Arteta stated.
Third-placed Forest’s shock problem for Champions League qualification has additionally hit the rocks after only one win from their final 5 matches.
– Haaland again with a bang –
Erling Haaland returned from harm to clinch Manchester Metropolis’s victory at Tottenham because the troubled champions moved into fourth place.
Haaland had missed Metropolis’s earlier two defeats towards Actual Madrid and Liverpool with a knee harm suffered towards Newcastle on February 15.
The Norway star confirmed no rust with the first-half winner in north London as Metropolis climbed one level above fifth-placed Chelsea.
It was Haaland’s twenty eighth objective in all competitions this season, with 10 of these coming in his final 11 video games to silence the critics after a barren spell earlier this season.
After 4 defeats of their final six video games in all competitions, this was a much-needed victory for Metropolis, who began strongly however rode their luck as Tottenham missed a collection of second-half possibilities.
“In fact it’s by no means good to be injured and never play nevertheless it’s about staying optimistic. We are able to solely do issues concerning the current. Right this moment was all about successful,” Haaland stated.
Harry Maguire earned Manchester United a hard-fought win at Outdated Trafford, easing Patrick Dorgu’s embarrassment after his half in a calamitous Ipswich opener was compounded by a first-half purple card.
Maguire’s second-half header ended United’s three-match winless run within the league and lifted a bit of the gloom after Monday’s announcement of a second spherical of redundancies on the membership.
Ruben Amorim secured simply his fifth league win as United boss regardless of a disastrous combine up between Dorgu and keeper Andre Onana that gifted Jaden Philogene an early objective.
Sam Morsy’s personal objective and a Matthijs de Ligt effort had put United forward earlier than Dorgu’s night time bought worse, with the 20-year-old’s excessive problem on Omari Hutchinson incomes a purple card following a VAR assessment.
Philogene’s cross snuck dwelling in first-half stoppage time, however Maguire headed in from a Bruno Fernandes nook to dent third-bottom Ipswich’s survival hopes.
Jake O’Brien’s first Everton objective stretched their unbeaten run to seven league matches after a 1-1 draw at Brentford.
