Michael Owen believes that Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes would’ve been boosted over weekend regardless of the Reds dropping factors for the second sport in a row.
Jurgen Klopp’s facet relinquished the lead they held towards Brighton to finish up drawing 2-2, a consequence which leaves them three factors adrift of pacesetters Tottenham.
Nevertheless, with Arsenal beating Manchester Metropolis later within the day, the highest 4 are separated by a mere three factors in what’s shaping as much as be a probably thrilling title race.
When requested if the consequence on the Emirates Stadium was a great one for Liverpool, Owen advised Premier League Productions (by way of Liverpool Echo): “I believe it’s, for the remainder of the Premier League, [for] the likes of Liverpool, and even Tottenham, who typically don’t help Arsenal in a sport.
“Man Metropolis are the group to beat this season. To take factors off them brings everybody shut collectively… We’ve some large groups within the Premier League. They’ve their eyes on the prize they usually in all probability wished Arsenal to win at present. They usually received their want.”
Though some would possibly’ve believed {that a} draw between Arsenal and Man Metropolis would’ve been one of the best consequence for Liverpool yesterday, the Gunners profitable would positively appear preferable to the champions doing so.
Had the consequence gone the opposite manner, it’d be Pep Guardiola’s facet sitting prime of the desk 4 factors forward of the Reds and boosted by victory away to a direct title rival, together with the know-how of going the space on this league.
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Though we’ve but to succeed in the quarterway mark of the top-flight marketing campaign, the primary two months point out that nobody group goes to freewheel away with glory, with as many as 4 sides having motive to consider they may very well be within the hunt as soon as the enterprise finish comes round.
Hopefully Liverpool shall be a kind of, and to be inside arm’s attain of the summit having already performed 4 of final season’s prime eight (together with a historically robust journeys to Chelsea) is a really encouraging signal.
Even in a 2022/23 marketing campaign fraught with problem, the Reds nonetheless took factors off Arsenal and beat each Man Metropolis and Spurs at house. These are the head-to-heads which may probably show decisive over the following seven months.
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