Liverpool gains an advantage in three-way title race as City and Arsenal draw

Liverpool leads the way in the race for the Premier League title after Manchester City and Arsenal canceled each other outA 21 comeback win against Brighton left Jurgen Klopps team looking down on its rivals two points ahead of secondplace Arsenal and three clear of City in third with nine games to goIt is a great situation where the boys brought us said the Liverpool manager who is aiming to sign off with a second league title before stepping down at the end of the seasonThere is still some way to go in the threeway fight but Mohamed Salahs secondhalf winner at Anfield could be crucial Even City manager Pep Guardiola admitted its in Liverpools hands nowAlso Read IPL 2024 The way he played was spectacular Fleming on DhoniAlways who is first is favorites Guardiola said Second is Arsenal and we are third Victory had moved Liverpool to the top of the standings before City and Arsenal played out a frustrating 00 draw at Etihad Stadium later in the dayThe clash between last seasons top two had been highly anticipated but failed to live up to the prematch hype with few goalscoring chancesWhile the result suited Liverpool most of all it was the latest evidence of Arsenals growing title credentials after falling away at the end of last seasonThe Londoners had lost on their previous eight visits to City including a 41 defeat last year that proved costly in the title race This season Mikel Artetas team has taken four points off the defending champions as well as winning the Community Shield against City in August But the Arsenal manager said he was still looking for more from his players to prove they are ready to end Guardiolas dominance with CityAlso Read Emotions run high as Pant delights crowd with fairytale fifty against CSK WatchIt shows that we are improving and that we are competing better and we are understanding how you have to play these games but there are other steps to be made to win the championship You have to come here and you have to win Arteta said Today we were able to draw and we have to still improve a lot to be able to do thatArsenal has now had the better of both of its title rivals having also won and drawn against Liverpool By contrast City has no league wins against any of the teams above it having drawn against Liverpool home and away Sunday was a chance to improve that record but City instead slipped further adrift of the topNow we dont depend on ourselves we depend on Liverpool and Arsenal now because we dont play against them again City midfielder Bernardo Silva said So we need them to drop points as well as do our job and win our own gamesGuardiola is backing his team to do just that as it targets backtoback trebles after winning the Premier League title Champions League and FA Cup last seasonMy point of view is we are still there Guardiola said Im satisfied I said to the team Dont be sad With just three points separating the top three it looks to set to be the most open title race in recent yearsAnd Brightons performance at Anfield suggested there could still be some surprises along the way with Liverpool having to come back from a goal down after Danny Welbecks strike in the second minuteThis 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 whatsoever