LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom): Liverpool will be crowned champions of England for the first time in 30 years on Thursday should Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Jurgen Klopp’s men moved to the brink of a long-awaited Premier League title in the style that has made them worthy champions-elect by thrashing Crystal Palace 4-0 on their return to Anfield behind closed doors on Wednesday.
Mohamed Salah feels one step closer to achieving a target he set when he first joined Liverpool as Klopp’s side close in on the Premier League title.
“Since I came here I said I want to win the Premier League with the team. The city didn’t win it for a long time, so it was the right time.
“Maybe last year we had a chance to win it but Man City also performed really good and they won it. It’s our time to win it and it’s great,” said Salah.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah, Fabinho and Sadio Mane scored the goals as the Reds opened up a 23-point lead at the top of the table.
Should City keep the title race alive at Chelsea, a point will be good enough for Liverpool to win the league when the top two meet in Manchester on July 2.
“Tonight was a big step, that’s clear,” said Klopp. “We’ve all still got to play seven games. If we play like this it’s really not nice to play against us.”
Salah was on the scoresheet in the victory over Roy Hodgson’s team as other contributions from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho and Sadio Mane helped Liverpool go 25 points clear at the top with seven games remaining.
“Two points to go to win the league, it’s great,” the No.11 continued. “We had a great performance today and all the players were unbelievable.”
