LIVERPOOL: Liverpool powered back to the highest of the Premier League after Mohamed Salah's surprising strike clinched a 2-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp's facet had surrendered pole place a few hours previous when Manchester City received Three-1 at Crystal Palace, piling pressure on the Reds to reply because the identify race heats up.
Liverpool rose to the challenge as Sadio Mane's opener five minutes after the destroy and a blistering long-range force from Salah two minutes later moved them two issues clear of second-placed City on a raucous afternoon at Anfield.
City have five games left in comparison to simply 4 for Liverpool, leaving the future of the identify in the arms of the champions.
But there is a rising feeling at Anfield that this would be the season Liverpool finally end their 29-year wait to be crowned kings of English football.
Chelsea posed the final major threat to Liverpool's identify bid, but the leaders handled the challenge impressively to mark Klopp's 200th game as Reds manager in style.
With City having tough league fixtures looming towards Tottenham and Manchester United, Klopp's men are satisfied they are able to grasp onto pole place.
Their run-in is definitely less daunting than City's, with Cardiff, Huddersfield and Newcastle on the schedule prior to a possible identify party towards Wolves at Anfield.
For fourth-placed Chelsea, the loss was once a blow to their bid for Champions League football next season and they will drop to fifth if Arsenal win at Watford on Monday.
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough crisis that killed 96 Liverpool fans and in the week that club legend Tommy Smith kicked the bucket, there was once much more emotion at Anfield than usual.
After a minute's silence that includes mosaics reading "30 years" and "96" held up by means of fans around the floor, Liverpool's center of attention was once trained on avenging one of the extra painful defeats in the club's fresh historical past.
Steven Gerrard's infamous slip in 2014 resulted in a defeat towards Chelsea that effectively gifted the identify to Manchester City when Liverpool had looked odds-on to raise the trophy.
But Klopp insisted his players wouldn't be haunted by means of the ghosts of that collapse and they have been true to his phrase.
Liverpool threatened an early goal when Mane whipped a pin-point cross in opposition to Salah and he fired a volley that Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga held well.
Chelsea have been unbeaten of their final eight fits at Anfield going into Sunday's conflict and showed signs of troubling Liverpool when Eden Hazard twisted clear of Joel Matip for a low shot that compelled Alisson Becker into action.
David Luiz launched a perilous Chelsea counter-attack with a cross that sent Willian racing away, however the Brazilian's miscued shot drifted extensive.
Those escapes shook Liverpool out in their transient lull and Salah were given in the back of Emerson to cross for Mane to break simply extensive.
Hampered by means of a first-half damage to Antonio Rudiger, Chelsea creaked at the back and Liverpool took full advantage to wreck the impasse in the 51st minute.
When Salah scampered onto Roberto Firmino's flick in the Chelsea house, Blues defender Emerson could handiest prod the ball to the influential Jordan Henderson and his deft cross reached the unmarked Mane, who headed house at the some distance post.
Any Liverpool nerves had been wiped away by means of jubilant celebrations and shortly after Salah blew the roof off Anfield with a second of pure genius.
Taking possession extensive on the right flank, Salah minimize inside and glided clear of Emerson prior to unleashing a luxurious 25-yard force that arrowed past Kepa into the some distance nook.
It was once a candy second of vindication for the Egypt forward after a bunch of Chelsea fans have been filmed chanting "Salah is a bomber" prior to their workforce's Europa League tie at Slavia Prague on Thursday.
And Salah, a practising Muslim, celebrated his 22nd goal of the season by means of adopting a prayer place in entrance of the Kop.
Hazard should have decreased the deficit, but two times the Belgian could not find the web from close-range as Liverpool moved a step nearer to their holy grail.
Jurgen Klopp's facet had surrendered pole place a few hours previous when Manchester City received Three-1 at Crystal Palace, piling pressure on the Reds to reply because the identify race heats up.
Liverpool rose to the challenge as Sadio Mane's opener five minutes after the destroy and a blistering long-range force from Salah two minutes later moved them two issues clear of second-placed City on a raucous afternoon at Anfield.
City have five games left in comparison to simply 4 for Liverpool, leaving the future of the identify in the arms of the champions.
But there is a rising feeling at Anfield that this would be the season Liverpool finally end their 29-year wait to be crowned kings of English football.
Chelsea posed the final major threat to Liverpool's identify bid, but the leaders handled the challenge impressively to mark Klopp's 200th game as Reds manager in style.
With City having tough league fixtures looming towards Tottenham and Manchester United, Klopp's men are satisfied they are able to grasp onto pole place.
Their run-in is definitely less daunting than City's, with Cardiff, Huddersfield and Newcastle on the schedule prior to a possible identify party towards Wolves at Anfield.
For fourth-placed Chelsea, the loss was once a blow to their bid for Champions League football next season and they will drop to fifth if Arsenal win at Watford on Monday.
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough crisis that killed 96 Liverpool fans and in the week that club legend Tommy Smith kicked the bucket, there was once much more emotion at Anfield than usual.
After a minute's silence that includes mosaics reading "30 years" and "96" held up by means of fans around the floor, Liverpool's center of attention was once trained on avenging one of the extra painful defeats in the club's fresh historical past.
Steven Gerrard's infamous slip in 2014 resulted in a defeat towards Chelsea that effectively gifted the identify to Manchester City when Liverpool had looked odds-on to raise the trophy.
But Klopp insisted his players wouldn't be haunted by means of the ghosts of that collapse and they have been true to his phrase.
Liverpool threatened an early goal when Mane whipped a pin-point cross in opposition to Salah and he fired a volley that Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga held well.
Chelsea have been unbeaten of their final eight fits at Anfield going into Sunday's conflict and showed signs of troubling Liverpool when Eden Hazard twisted clear of Joel Matip for a low shot that compelled Alisson Becker into action.
David Luiz launched a perilous Chelsea counter-attack with a cross that sent Willian racing away, however the Brazilian's miscued shot drifted extensive.
Those escapes shook Liverpool out in their transient lull and Salah were given in the back of Emerson to cross for Mane to break simply extensive.
Hampered by means of a first-half damage to Antonio Rudiger, Chelsea creaked at the back and Liverpool took full advantage to wreck the impasse in the 51st minute.
When Salah scampered onto Roberto Firmino's flick in the Chelsea house, Blues defender Emerson could handiest prod the ball to the influential Jordan Henderson and his deft cross reached the unmarked Mane, who headed house at the some distance post.
Any Liverpool nerves had been wiped away by means of jubilant celebrations and shortly after Salah blew the roof off Anfield with a second of pure genius.
Taking possession extensive on the right flank, Salah minimize inside and glided clear of Emerson prior to unleashing a luxurious 25-yard force that arrowed past Kepa into the some distance nook.
It was once a candy second of vindication for the Egypt forward after a bunch of Chelsea fans have been filmed chanting "Salah is a bomber" prior to their workforce's Europa League tie at Slavia Prague on Thursday.
And Salah, a practising Muslim, celebrated his 22nd goal of the season by means of adopting a prayer place in entrance of the Kop.
Hazard should have decreased the deficit, but two times the Belgian could not find the web from close-range as Liverpool moved a step nearer to their holy grail.
EPL: Liverpool back on top as Salah stunner kills off Chelsea
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April 15, 2019
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