LIVERPOOL, June 21 — Liverpool can close to within one win of a first league title in 30 years when the English champions-elect return to action for the first time in three months against local rivals Everton today. Jurgen Klopp’s men set a record-breaking pace in the opening eight months of...
Liverpool's Neco Williams celebrates with team mates after Shrewsbury Town's Ro-Shaun Williams scored an own goal and the first for Liverpool at Anfield in Liverpool February 4, 2020. — Reuters pic
A maximum of two wins are now needed from the last nine games to end the long-wait, but Liverpool could be champions as soon as Monday if they beat Everton and Manchester City lose to Burnley 24 hours later. “I became worried in the moment when people started talking about null and void the season because I was like ‘wow’,” said Klopp in his pre-match videoconference. “That would have been really, really, really hard.”“When we all started playing football it was without a crowd. If I play today from time to time, it’s without a crowd, I still want to win. That’s exactly how it is,” he added. “It’s all different but we cannot change that.
However, Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti wants his side to embrace the “opportunity” to cause an upset in front of a huge global audience in the first weekend of Premier League action since March.
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