BBC Man Says Fate Is Taking Liverpool to EPL Title

By Daily Sports on April 2, 2019

Are there some definite signs in football that tell you the trajectory of a league title in a hotly contested and tight race? 

Manchester City and Liverpool are currently running neck to neck in the English premiership with the latter winning a big match on the death against hard-fighting Tottenham Hotspurs in their Anfield home, prompting BBC’s football analyst Phil McNulty to argue that fate is propelling The Reds to their first ever premier league title.

McNulty writes:

Liverpool have demonstrated quality, resilience, commitment and endurance since August. It has put them top of the table with just six games to play.

Sometimes, however, other forces are required and as Liverpool fans filed out into the streets around Anfield in a state of elation and disbelief, this 2-1 win over Tottenham prompted another question – are Klopp’s men now being guided towards their first title in 29 years by destiny?

Liverpool have not been quite the scintillating attacking force of last season but it is a combination of this forward-thinking power and other qualities previously mentioned that have put them in sight of their first title since 1990.

They were all on show as Liverpool rode their luck and dug into their reserves to win a game against Spurs that looked set to be a draw – and could even have been lost had Moussa Sissoko’s nerve not failed him so spectacularly as he raced clear on goal in the closing minutes with the score 1-1.

It left the last page of the dramatic storyline to be written as Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris, too often prone to error, fumbled Salah's header on to Toby Alderweireld’s shin and into the net in front an exultant Kop.

Liverpool did not deserve the three points but they will take them and will not care one jot. And who can blame them?

Klopp’s side were nowhere near their best but it is one of the oldest truisms in football that champions are often those who win in these very circumstances.

As Liverpool supporters celebrated another significant result in the chase for the trophy that has been out of reach for so long - and may still remain so given Manchester City’s relentless progress – there is just that growing sense that this season those strange events that can decide things such as Premier League titles may be falling for them.

Remember Riyad Mahrez’s late penalty miss that could have given Manchester City two more points in the goalless draw here at Anfield in October?

Remember Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford's inexplicable error that gave Liverpool victory via Divock Origi’s 96th-minute winner in the Merseyside derby at Anfield in December?

Remember how Crystal Palace’s veteran keeper Julian Speroni was so badly at fault in the 4-3 win over Crystal Palace at Anfield in January?

Lloris can now add his name to that list, as can Sissoko, to add weight to the argument of those who believe there is a touch of destiny about Liverpool’s Premier League pursuit season.

Big moments. Big points.

And they all add up alongside Liverpool’s other outstanding performances to make the sort of package that can win a Premier League.”

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•Photo shows Liverpool manager Klopp.

Source Daily Sports

Posted April 2, 2019


 

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