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If I'm not wrong Manchester City can take the lead from Liverpool if they manage to win their missing game. Manchester City will probably win that game which is Brentford as well. But until then they have to keep the point gap like this at worst. Maybe they can get ahead earlier as well in Salah's absence for Liverpool but we will see.

Manchester City have a strong players, they still have a chance to take over the league from Liverpool. Their upcoming games are against teams they can easily defeat and earn points from. However, I also thought that Salah's absence would have an effect on their play, Liverpool is still playing well, and I wasn't even expecting them to win against Bournemouth. Manchester City is a serious challenge to Liverpool, and I don't think they can stay at the top of the league.

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In the meantime I'm curious about Arsenal too. Do you think they can rejoin the title competition? I really can't be sure of them because of the highly inconsistencies they have every season. Sad

I can say that Arsenal may return to the title challenge, but I can't compare this season to previous seasons. As long as Arsenal defeated Crystal Palace with five goals in their last game, I think they are really strong to rejoin the competition.

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I don't see Arsenal playing to win the league title. They really started well at the beginning of the season but now they playing is just inconsistent. Although the league title is still much open but it mainly between Man city and Liverpool. Although alot of matches are still to be played, so no one can really say who the league title belongs to.

I won't be surprised if Arsenal wins the league title this season, because their players are capable of doing it. We know they play well right from the beginning, leading the league at first before falling back to the number four, but right now they're in third position. Arsenal's performance against Crystal Palace was excellent, and it looks like they're ready to challenge for the championship. I don't think Arsenal is a weak team to compete with Manchester City and Liverpool for the title, because they have the same points as Manchester City despite having different goals. Since they still have games to play, we can see in their next matches.

Among this three teams, no disrespect to arsenal but I think they are the weakest among them all due to the fact that they lack consistency to maintain the title push.
If you look at this man city team, they actually knows how to win those smaller games very well unlike the arsenal team that sometimes loose to small teams, when everyone expected them to win.
Their performance against crystal palace was very good, but the question is can they maintain such form? By putting away this smaller teams, the league is a marathon, let just watch and see how it plays out, but I see this man city team winning this one again.

I understand what you are saying, you are partly right, things with these teams are very different, I don't know, but I think that all teams at one time can fall to a certain level, what I could sense from this is that many things can be done. things, first it can influence that the team as such is not very well meshed, there is not much harmony between the players, and that is something that we do not see completely, in this order of ideas we must consider that big teams also go through moments of crisis, even Madrid, Bayern, City itself have gone through because teams that were last, almost falling to the 2nd division, they beat these titans, but I consider that every Soccer Game , Every match is a different story, there is no nothing is Guaranteed, you can have the best Stars , but even so the results may not be the same, but there comes a moment where these teams rise up and can make the difference, that's why we have seen that some Teams are Always doing Whatever it takes to recover their level , some even change the Coaches , but even so it is not what they needed, so in this order of ideas the bears can and have to be seen in another way , I could say that every time we are watching a game of this, many things go through the players' minds.

When such a strong team is in trouble, everyone puts the magnifying Glass on them , they Begin to say , Speculate , some even gossip to tarnish the Efforts of the good players , but we All know that football is like that, whatever. It can happen and it is in the Population , we cannot let ourselves get carried away that they are Invincible , because they are not, they are teams that can normally make Mistakes and react at least after About 4 or 5 games , then they Recover and start cutting off the heads of the other team, team that I faced him, a team that they defeat , that's when these teams Recover.

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Honestly I was a bit worry about how Liverpool would cope in the league in the absence of their playmaker Salah who was on AFCON duty in Ivory coast even without. Trent Alexander-Arnold, however I was amazed with Liverpool convincing win against Bournemouth in his absence the likes of Nunez, Diogo Jota, Gakpo all performanced brilliantly well without those key players with the win I strongly believe Liverpool would give Man City a run for their money as far the title contenders is concerned, though Arsenal had been very inconsistent so far in the league, however I believe the team would make things difficult for both Liverpool and Man City title bids.

Their Liverpool squad can still play very well even though they play without M. Salah because Klopp is used to these conditions. Because this is not the only time Salah has been absent, but he has also sometimes been absent due to minor injuries. And Klopp is used to it and can still make good strategies without having to include M. Salah. And yes, this proves the quality of Klopp as a very qualified and very competent coach.

In the match against Bournemouth, we could see that Liverpool's quality did not appear to have decreased at all. And in fact they can be more productive in that match.

The fact that Mohammed Salah has been the Liverpool's best player of over the last five years is the reason why I think it's normal for pepperoni think that his absence is actually gonna affect the performance of the team. The Egypt captain is currently on international duties with his country at the ongoing CAF African Cup Of Nations. However, we must not forget that Liverpool is one club that's made up of so many attacking talents that are very capable of destroying any team's defense even in the absence of Mohammed Salah and yesterday, their two forward players delivered incredible performance to make sure Liverpool extends their lead at the top of the league to five points. Though second placed Manchester City still have a game at hand as they've played one game less than Liverpool, I'm still very optimistic that Jurgen Klopp's men are capable of winning the English Premier League title at the end of the season.

Jurgen Klopp is a great coach who understands his team players and knows how to rotate his team when necessary and I believe that Liverpool are still gonna deliver impressive performances even in the absence of Mohammed Salah. The English Premier League title race keeps getting interesting and entertaining as we draw nearer to the end of the season

I agree with you, Salah is undoubtedly a very valuable player and one that Liverpol greatly misses, but I don't see Liverpool as bad, remember that there is the Colombian Luis Diaz, and he is not doing badly at all, his way of playing is very Impressive, and I think he has won the affection of all the English and that is something impressive, one cannot speak badly of the players that Liverpool has because they do their part very well, their national team needs him a lot, and he has to fulfill them to his team and how everything, first things first, his national team has to be the priority, now with Liverpool they are not doing bad at all, remembering that this league is the one with the highest level, well I personally think that , and I think that many around the World think that the PL is the one with the highest level for now, and that is why the level of demand for Liverpool can be affected, because a player in this case like him makes a Difference , and It is obvious that the pieces can be seen that way.

Now, as fans, we know the effort that this team puts in and how they are handling things, it is impressive how they are playing, also Maintaining that level every two or 3 days is something incredible, they train harder and harder and they want to be in the top 1 , Especially a City that is sometimes on its heels and that can also do the Wrong thing , all these types of Things can make things different, and can generate different results, that's why I say, that sometimes these teams like Asenal , City , Liverpool , if they are doing badly at one time they may seem very different and that things are going wrong but that is not the case, things can only be fixed, one can be believing that but things always go To go in that direction, always improve it, it is something that turns out to be good and difficult at the same time.

Jurgen Klopp left fuming as Curtis Jones given unexpected Liverpool attention

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Liverpool issued a significant statement of intent by returning from their mid-winter break with a thumping victory at Bournemouth.

Two goals apiece from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota did the damage in the second half as the Reds romped to a 4-0 triumph. The result means Jurgen Klopp’s men are now five points clear at the Premier League summit, although Manchester City have a game in hand.

But there was plenty that went unnoticed or under the radar during the 90 minutes at the Vitality Stadium.

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-left-fuming-liverpool-28489764