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Liverpool's Title To Lose?

ESPN FC

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Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew reacts to Liverpool tightening their grip in the Premier League race after a 2-0 win over Manchester City and explains Liverpool's measured success with the red-hot Mo Salah. Plus, Craig Burley & Steve Nicol discuss Real Madrid's tough slate of games with Copa Del Rey and the Champions League coming up. Then, Gab Marcotti joins to talk about Inter Milan taking top of the Serie A race and referee controversy in France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC, K Murray, Craig Burley and Stevie Nicol here in the studio.

0:10.0

We'll kick things off tonight at the Etihad where the big game took place between Manchester City and Liverpool.

0:16.0

Liverpool winning this clash 2-0 with goals from Mohammed Salar and Dominic Saboslai. Two-0 it finished.

0:21.6

Liverpool taking an 11-point lead at the top of the table.

0:24.6

And Pep City finished the weekend, 20 points behind the leaders.

0:28.6

Let's hear what Anasloss had to say after the game.

0:34.6

What we do know is that no one saw us as a title contender when we started in the beginning

0:40.3

of the season. And I think no one in the world of football would have expected City not to be

0:48.3

so close to the one that leads the league if they are not the one that lead the league.

0:55.0

But we all know why they had many injuries, they had a difficult period,

0:59.0

but again today you could see, although the result maybe doesn't show you that,

1:06.0

but how good they are as a team and how difficult they are to play against.

1:11.6

Yeah, who would have known that the table would look like this at this stage at the beginning of the season?

1:16.6

It's an 11-point lead now for Liverpool.

1:18.6

It's a game more than Arsenal that they have played.

1:21.6

As you can see, Manchester City 20 points behind them after 26 rounds.

1:26.6

How times have changed.

1:28.3

Frank the Buff is joining us now to talk more about it, but I will start with you, Stevie.

1:33.3

I won't say they've won it, but I will say it's Liverpool's title to lose now.

1:36.3

Yeah, it would be catastrophic if they threw this away now,

1:40.3

haven't got themselves in the position they had.

1:43.3

And they've got themselves in a position because of, on the slot, I mean, again today,

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