Liverpool heads into the international break off the back of a couple of hugely disappointing results, but when the domestic season resumes at the beginning of April, the focus will be back on the Premier League.
Arsenal has played twice since Liverpool‘s last league game, drawing at Manchester United before a win over Chelsea, and the gap between the top flight’s top two clubs now sits at 12 points, with both teams having nine games to play.
It would take a monumental collapse from Liverpool for the title not to end up at Anfield, and despite the recent disappointments against PSG and Newcastle, it’s difficult to envisage that happening.
The earliest point that Liverpool could win the league
Arsenal currently sits on 58 points, and with nine games remaining in its season, could max out on 85 points; Liverpool, meanwhile, is currently on 70 points with nine games remaining, and only needs 16 more points from a possible 27 available to guarantee the title.
Six straight wins or five wins and a draw, concluding away to Chelsea on May 3, would do the trick, and would mean that Liverpool would go into its game against Arsenal at Anfield in the third-to-last game of the season having already secured the title.
It is also possible, although unlikely, that Liverpool could clinch the title after just three more games — although it would require Liverpool to win all of them (or win two and draw one), and also Arsenal to lose all of them.
Were that to happen, Liverpool would be on at least 77 points from 32 games, and Arsenal would be on 58 points from 32 games — 19 points off the top, with just 18 points left to play for. The weekend that could potentially happen on is April 12/13.
—
Liverpool’s next five league fixtures: Everton (h), Fulham (a), West Ham (h), Leicester (a), Tottenham (h)
Arsenal’s next five league fixtures: Fulham (h), Everton (a), Brentford (h), Ipswich (a), Crystal Palace (h)
