Liverpool is at a moving distance from the Premier League title after Virgil Van Dijk sealed a dramatic 2-1 victory against West Ham, while Tottenham’s manager Ange Postecoglou, suffered more misery in a 4-2 defeat in Wolves on Sunday.
The strike of the second half of Luis Díaz in Anfield was canceled by Andrew Robertson’s late goal, but Van Dijk directed the winner of Liverpool in the final moments. The Arne Slot side is 13 points from the Arsenal in second place with only six remaining games.
They will be crowned champions if Arsenal loses in Ipswich and the reds win in Leicester, and both games take place on April 20. Even if Liverpool does not seal the title, then it is only a matter of time before they ensure an English crown of the 20th.
After losing only for the second time in the league this season last weekend when Fulham defeated them 3-2 in Craven Cottage, Liverpool returned to the track excitingly.
In the 18th minute, Mohamed Salah ran on the midline, accelerating towards the West Ham area and stroking a perfectly heavy pass to Díaz, which had the simple task of locating home from six yards.
Liverpool was on a disappointing streak of three losses of its four previous games in all competitions. That Blip cost them in the final of the League Cup against Newcastle and led to its elimination of the Champions League last 16 against Paris Saint-Germain.
When Van Dijk made a hash to clean the cross of Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the 86th minute, diverting him on his own network against Robertson, it seemed that the bamboo of the Liverpool would continue.
But the captain of Los Rojos, Van Dijk, made the peace three minutes later, climbing higher to go at the corner of Alexis Mac Allister when Liverpool closed his first Premier League title since 2020.
Needing only six points of its remaining games, the countdown is on for Slot to limit its single season with a memorable victory.
Posttecoglou
In the midst of a sad domestic season, Tottenham reached a new minimum in Molineux while the wolves practically sealed their survival with a vibrant victory.
The wolves took the lead in the second minute when they scratch Ait-Nouri flew from the edge of the area.
Tottenham granted a second goal in a calamitous way in the 38th minute when goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario pushed a cross on Djed Spence’s face and the ball bounced on his teammate towards the network.
Mathys Tel turned the 59-minute cross of Brennan Johnson to give Tottenham hope, but five minutes later, the Wolves Jorgen Strand Larsen striker took advantage of after Cristian Romero was stolen by Ait-Nouri.
Richarlison wrapped home for Tottenham in the 85th minute, just for Matheus Cunha to reduce a minute later after Lucas Bergvall carefully lost possession.
Tottenham is languishing in 15th place, which would match its worst end since 1993-94, after a miserable screen that accumulated more pressure on postecoglou.
The last hope of the Australian to save his work in the midst of the growing talk facing the bag falls to the Europa League. Tottenham travels to Eintracht Frankfurt for the quarterfinal back on Thursday after being held at a 1-1 draw for the German team in the middle of the week.
The wolves are 14 points a distance from third background Ipswich, which seem destined to descent despite keeping Chelsea to a 2-2 draw in Stamford Bridge.
Julio Enciso put Ipswich ahead in the 19th minute with his first goal for the club of Ben Johnson’s pass.
Johnson doubled Ipswich’s advantage in the 31st minute with an Enciso’s Cross heading.
But Axel Tuanzebe turned the cross of Noni Madueke into his own network 20 seconds after the interval.
Affirmed by fans when he entered as a substitute, Jadon Sancho rescued Chelsea in the 79th minute while snuggling in the upper corner before celebrating pointing to his name in the back of his shirt.
Chelsea is at fifth place, but Newcastle would eliminate them from the final liter of the champions League rating if they beat Manchester United at St James’ Park later on Sunday.
