Liverpool beat Man City to Open up 9-point Table Lead

Liverpool beat Man City to open up 9-point Table  Lead

Liverpool opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League as the crisis at Man City deepened in a 2-0 defeat at Anfield.

Arne Slot’s side moved nine points clear of second-placed Arsenal after Cody Gakpo’s first-half opener and Mohamed Salah’s late penalty dealt another blow to reeling Man City, who are languishing 11 points behind Liverpool in fifth place.

Man City have lost four successive top-flight games for the first time since 2008, making them the first Premier League champions to endure such a dismal run the year after claiming the title.

In the 32 Premier League seasons, only three times have teams come from 11 or more points behind at any point to win the title.

Man City have clawed back significant deficits to win the Premier League in the Guardiola era, but they have never managed to lift the title after being behind by more than 10 points.

City’s seven-game winless run ranks as boss Pep Guardiola’s longest barren streak in his glittering managerial career.

Just weeks after he signed a new two-year contract, Liverpool fans taunted Guardiola with chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning”, prompting a defiant response from the Spaniard, who held up six fingers to illustrate the number of titles he has won with City.