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Liverpool Go 11 Points Clear At The Top Of The Premier League After 2-0 Win Over Manchester City 144j

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Published23 Feb 2025

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Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-0 to go 11 points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League and you can watch the highlights here.

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It was a strange first-half as Manchester City edged the possession and chances against a nervy-looking Liverpool side.

Yet it was Mohamed Salah continuing his excellent form.

Arne Slot’s side poked their nose in front from a clever corner routine from the training ground after 14 minutes.

Alexis Mac Allister’s low corner was flicked on by Dominik Szoboszlai and into the back of the net via Salah’s deflected strike.

It came against the run of play with Omar Marmoush having a couple of chances and also having a goal disallowed for offside.

Jeremy Doku was also enjoying himself a field-day running at Trent Alexander-Arnold. So much so that the England defender was dribbled past eight times in the first-half alone.

However, the England international played a big part in Liverpool going 2-0 up after 37 minutes.

His excellent scooped over the top found Salah, who drew in two Manchester City defenders before laying the ball off to Szoboszlai to slot home.

The second-half carried off much in the same manner. However, the absence of Erling Haaland was telling and Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate dealt well with balls into the box.

City had a let-off when Curtis Jones thought he had settled the game, but Szoboszlai was offside in the build-up.

Liverpool could have had a third through Luis Diaz while Marmoush forced Alisson into another save. Ultimately, Salah’s goal and assist combo helped Liverpool go 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Salah now has 51 goal contributions this season in all competitions and he climbed up to third in Liverpool’s all-time scoring list.

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Liverpool will look to take another step to the title when they host Newcastle on Wednesday night. This will be a preview of next month’s Carabao Cup final.

Top-four is what Manchester City are fighting for with 20 points separating themselves and Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola’s side travel to Tottenham – who thrashed them 4-0 at the Etihad earlier this season.