Liverpool eye 97-point total but it may not be enough
Te Reds have been the most extraordinary title race with Manchester City and the harsh reality is that only one will have that honour and the pendulum has swung towards the Citizens
London — Liverpool will smash the 90-point barrier in the Premier League for the first time unless already-relegated Huddersfield Town produce the biggest shock of the season and avoid defeat at Anfield on Friday. Victory will also put Liverpool back on top of the table with two games remaining, although the recurring pattern of this most extraordinary title race will likely mean that Manchester City take it back two days later at Burnley. A seventh successive win for Liverpool would put them on 91 points, five more than their best Premier League haul and a higher total than that of 20 previous title winners since 1992. Yet the growing fear on Anfield is that they could accumulate 97 — more than any other side in Premier League history apart from Manchester City last season — and still be waiting for their first league title since 1990. City boss Pep Guardiola said on Wednesday after their 2-0 win at Manchester United, their 11th successive victory, that both clubs deserve to win th...
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