Liverpool eyes title
NZPA-Reuter London While Kenny Dalglish will not be cracking open the champagne just yet, the 34-year-old Scot appears certain to celebrate his first season as Liverpool’s player-manager by winning the English first division. A 2-0 victory at Leicester yesterday coupled with Everton’s stunning last-minute 1-0 defeat to the League Cup winner, Oxford, means one point from its last match at Chelsea tomorrow could give Liverpool the title for the eighth time in 11 seasons. Although both Everton
and West Ham, which moved into second place with a 2-1 home win over Ipswich, could match Liverpool’s final points total should it draw with Chelsea, both clubs would need to score over 12 goals in their remaining two games to pip Liverpool on goal difference. Liverpool, of course, could end all such mathematical speculation by beating Chelsea and the confident manner in which it won at Leicester — where it traditionally struggles — suggests Dalglish will collect his first trophy as a manager in style.
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