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And with that, perhaps, it is done. Manchester City’s 4–1 victory over Liverpool takes it five points clear of Manchester United at the top of the table with a game in hand. That may still be close enough for a proper title race, but Liverpool will not be in it. It lies five points further back having won just two of its last nine games. As City gets stronger and stronger, Liverpool’s title defense is over and, for the first time in Jurgen Klopp’s reign, there are serious questions about the future.
Liverpool was undone in the end by two goalkeeping errors from Alisson, but this wasn’t a defeat to be placed on one man.