Liverpool and Arsenal are level on 71 factors at the pinnacle of the Premier League. Manchester City is just a point in the back of in what ought to be the most captivating title run-in we have ever seen.
But it must be an even higher function that Liverpool finds itself in. Jürgen Klopp’s side ignored threat after risk towards Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday and it is the sort of end result that will provide masses of hope to Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta beforehand of the last seven fixtures.
Before the season is finished, Liverpool will play Crystal Palace, Fulham, Everton, West Ham, Spurs, Aston Villa and Wolves. Realistically, it will want to win all of those matches. Do that, and it will cease the marketing campaign on 92 points and it would then be relying on Arsenal either shedding some or a purpose difference advantage — currently standing at nine dreams — to be overturned.It is possible that the aim distinction should swap round but the Reds will need to be a lot more scientific if that is to be the case. Their excellent hope, really, is that the Gunners do not win each and every sport and they do.Manchester United will now not win anything taking part in like that; as Gary Neville succinctly put it, its midfield formation was ‘mental’. But it has stopped Liverpool from going two points clear at the top of the Premier League table. In some ways, given the gap to the Champions League spots, that is the first-rate that the Old Trafford side could have hoped for — but that in itself speaks volumes.
If Erik ten Hag feels that these approaches are the way forward then he will now not radically change Manchester United from an inconsistent and frankly bemusing aspect into a league title-winning one. But that was not on the agenda on Sunday. Liverpool prevailing the league to send Klopp off in the best feasible way was, and is now a little bit less in all likelihood than it used to be on Friday.While Núñez didn’t score, he did at least assist. He now has thirteen goals and 18 assists this season in all competitions. Only four Liverpool gamers have hit these numbers on both fronts in a single season in the Premier League technology (1992 to now): Steven Gerrard, Luis Suárez, Roberto Firmino and, obviously, Salah. On a frustrating day for the Liverpool assault and for the 24-year-old, that shouldn’t go unnoticed, even if he have to have even extra to his name.
Manchester United supporters reveled in Klopp now not triumphing and taking every other step towards a possible Premier League title, but it has been a while now given that opposition fans dared to sing about Núñez. Perhaps they are studying at last, although it stays to be seen if the ‘You’re just a s**t Andy Carroll’ chant surely has been retired.
It need to have been. Núñez has concurrently made a mockery of the doubters this season with his numbers and also neglected ample probabilities to suppose that he should double them if it just all clicks into gear. Whichever way it goes from here — or if his trajectory is unaltered — the Uruguayan is truly a lot higher than Carroll. The silenced Premier League crowds who no longer attempt to tease him would possibly subsequently recognize it.
