In the early morning of March 17, the 27th round of the Premier League played a make-up match between Arsenal and Liverpool, and finally the highly skilled Liverpool won 2-0 with goals from Jota and Firmino, ending the Gunners' five-game winning streak, while also extending their Premier League winning streak to nine, just one point away from Manchester City at the top of the table, considering that the two teams still have a direct conversation in April, Liverpool has taken the initiative to win the title in their own hands.
In fact, a 5-game winning streak ranked 4th, an 8-game winning streak ranked 2nd, how to look at this make-up match is a strong dialogue, but as the editor said before, Manchester City fans can not stay up late to watch the game, because this game is basically no suspense. First of all, in the past 12 meetings, the Gunners have only won 1 but lost a full 8 games, and the first leg of the season also lost a crisp 0-4 at Anfield, before that game, Arteta's team was 8 premier league 6 wins and 2 draws to score 20 points, the result is still in front of Liverpool.
Secondly, although the Gunners have played a lot of exciting games this season, they have been very weak in strong dialogues, losing 1-7 against Manchester City in two legs, and also losing against Chelsea and Manchester United. This trait of being strong and intimidating is also difficult for people to place high hopes on them.
And this game in the early hours of this morning was exactly as expected. Although the Gunners' youngsters tried their best, matching their formidable opponents in possession and number of shots, Liverpool's low-level mistake in the 50th minute gave Erdegaard a great chance to break the goal, but unfortunately the Norwegian youngster's shot was brilliantly deflected by Alisson. Just four minutes later, the perfect connection between Thiago and Jota gave Arsenal a fatal blow. Firmino's goal then extended the game and Arsenal were gone. In this campaign, the possession rate of both sides was equal, and the number of shots on goal was also 9, but Liverpool's 3 shots on target all turned into goals, and the Gunners' 2 shots on target were fruitless. Both teams decided.
Also playing 29 rounds, Manchester City scored 70 points, followed by Liverpool with 69 points, with nine rounds left in the Premier League, anything is possible. This is very similar to the 2018/19 season, when in the 29th round of the Premier League, Manchester City won 1-0 away to Burnley, and Liverpool were forced to draw 0-0 by Everton on the road, which made them who were 1 point ahead of the game and turned 1 point behind and gave up their top position. After that game, Liverpool maintained a win in the remaining nine rounds, but the one-point gap became an insurmountable barrier for them, and City did not give them any chances in the remaining games. In the end, Liverpool could only become the runner-up with the highest number of points in Premier League history with 97 points.
This time, it is still 1 point, the opponent is still Manchester City, can Liverpool regret losing the title 3 years ago in one fell swoop, the possibility is very large, but it is not easy.
Both teams are now playing in the Third Tier of the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, which is fairer in this regard. But if you only look at the remaining fixtures of the Premier League, Liverpool is still more tested, their remaining 9 opponents, in addition to direct dialogue with Manchester City, there are Manchester United, Tottenham and Wolves 3 strong teams with good strength, in addition to Villa, Everton and Newcastle are also tough, belong to the team that can create trouble for them, the Reds want to win them all, the possibility is not very likely.
In contrast, Manchester City, the remaining 9 opponents in addition to Liverpool, only Wolves and West Ham United are relatively strong. Teams like Brighton, Watford, Burnley, Leeds United and others, they are not only three points in the eyes of Manchester City, but also represent countless goal differences, in other words, Manchester City's schedule is far easier than Liverpool's. If they can remain unbeaten in direct conversation between the two teams, the possibility of City defending the title is very high.