Liverpool’s Alexander-Arnold eyes title post Leicester win

The Premier League title is so close Liverpool can almost touch itTrent AlexanderArnoldrsquos secondhalf strike in Liverpoolrsquos 10 victory over Leicester City on Sunday pushed the Merseyside club to within one more win of a recordequalling 20th English league crownThey would not even require that if secondplaced Arsenal lose to Crystal Palace on Wednesday But regardless of any other result Liverpool knows victory against Tottenham at Anfield next Sunday will be enough to seal the titleldquoOne win away now itrsquos very closerdquo said AlexanderArnold who tore his jersey off in celebration after his decisive goalAlso ReadSerie A postpones four ties due to Popersquos deathArsenal had ensured Liverpool would have to wait a while longer for its crowning moment after routing Ipswich 40 earlier Sunday And for long periods at the King Power Stadium Leicester threatened to frustrate the league leaders mdash even having a Conor Coady goal disallowed before AlexanderArnoldrsquos winnerLiverpoolrsquos last title in 2020 came when teams had to play behind closed doors because of the COVID19 pandemicldquoTo be so close to sealing for some of us a second league title and for a lot of us a first league title but especially in front of fans mdash which is what wersquove been missing mdash is very specialrdquo AlexanderArnold said Defeat confirmed 2016 league champions Leicesterrsquos relegation Chelsea moved up to fifth by rallying to beat Fulham 21 with two late goalsUnited set unwanted recordMeanwhile Manchester United set another unwanted club record on Sunday after losing 10 to Wolverhampton A 15th league loss of the season is the most United has suffered in any single campaign in the Premier League era and emphasises the clubrsquos declineUnited has dominated Englandrsquos top flight since the inception of the Premier League in 1992 mdash winning 13 titles But they have not been crowned champions since 2013 when former manager Alex Ferguson retiredLast season it set a new high for league losses with 14 defeats With five rounds still to go Ruben Amorimrsquos team has already gone past that benchmark ldquoWe need to fight for wins score goals and try to get more pointsrdquo Amorim said ldquoThis season is going to end like this We need to take the positives try to work on the things we need to improve We have to work and try to be better in the first game of next seasonrdquo he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params