Roy Keane has branded Liverpool as the “champions” and believes the Reds have done enough to win the Premier League title ahead of Arsenal. Arne Slot’s side moved 11 points clear of the Gunners at the top of the table with a comfortable 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.
After Arsenal suffered a damaging 1-0 defeat against West Ham on Saturday, Liverpool had the chance to extend the gap at the top of the Premier League and put one hand on the title. And Slot’s Reds did just that, producing a professional performance to beat City and put another huge statement down.
Although City started the game on the front foot, Liverpool took the lead in the 14th minute. A well-worked corner ended with Mohamed Salah getting the ball in space and he fired the ball home via a deflection.
City continued to probe, but were punished for not taking any of their chances as Liverpool doubled their advantage in the 37th minute. Salah turned provider for this one, laying the ball off to Dominik Szoboszlai, who took a touch before burying a shot into the bottom corner beyond Ederson.
And at half-time, Keane heaped praise on Liverpool and labelled them as the Premier League winners. He said on Sky Sports: “Liverpool have been excellent. You’re looking at the champions there, it’s been a brilliant weekend for them so far. They just can’t relex now – get the job done.
“I love watching the brutality of top-level sport. Manchester City have been fantastic the last few years, been amazing, but you’re looking at Liverpool now – the new champions we’re watching, they’ve been amazing.
“So efficient, and there’s more goals in them. Won the most games, scored the most goals, enjoyable to watch. They’ve just got to make City suffer now.”
The second half was largely uneventful. Liverpool thought they had scored a third as Curtis Jones ran away to celebrate with the travelling fans, only for VAR to rule it out for an offside in the build-up.
Although Liverpool could have scored more, they settled for the two and ran away 2-0 winners. The victory means that the Reds now sit 11 points ahead of second-place Arsenal in the title race, albeit Mikel Arteta’s side have a game in hand to try and chip away at that lead.
