LIVERPOOL, England -- Nine points behind Manchester City, having played a game fewer than Pep Guardiola's team, and with a potentially crucial trip to Etihad Stadium still to come in April, Liverpool could still pull off a remarkable Premier League title triumph this season. Diogo Jota's double in a 2-0 win against Leicester City at Anfield ensured that Jurgen Klopp's team remain a threat to City's hopes of cruising to a fourth championship in five seasons.
This win kept Liverpool in that strange position of being mathematically close enough to City to not be out of it, but far enough behind for a title surge to seem highly unlikely.