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Liverpool have emerged from their recent mini-slump slump to get their Premier League title procession back on track with a 2-1 victory over Bournemouth at Anfield.
Their 22nd successive top-flight win at home on Saturday, breaking the English record set by Bill Shankly’s side in 1972, was sealed by goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane after Callum Wilson had given Bournemouth a shock lead.
It restored their 25-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the table, and three more wins are all that are now required to rubber-stamp Liverpool’s first title for 30 years.
“It was important that the boys showed great attitude to come back after some iffy results,” midfielder James Milner said.
“It’s impossible to go through a season without an iffy spell, but it’s about how you are going to come through that and the boys are working hard.”
Goals were in short supply elsewhere, especially at Molineux where Wolverhampton Wanderers spurned a golden chance to move above Chelsea and into the top four as they were held 0-0 at home by relegation scrappers Brighton and Hove Albion.
Brighton’s point was all the more precious as the other sides in the relegation mire lost.
They have 29 points in 15th place, two points ahead of a trio of sides immediately below them.
Alexandre Lacazette’s late goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 win over West Ham United, putting them level on 40 points with Tottenham Hotspur who are away at Burnley later on Saturday.
West Ham remain above 18th-placed Bournemouth on goal difference.
Watford, like West Ham and Bournemouth, have 27 points after they came back to earth with a bump following their 3-0 win over Liverpool last weekend — Jordan Ayew scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win for Crystal Palace.
Bottom club Norwich City’s hopes of survival took another hit as they lost 1-0 at Sheffield United who moved up to sixth place, level on 43 points with Wolves. Norwich are still only six points from the safety zone but time is running out.
Newcastle United’s relegation fears look all but over, though, after a 1-0 win secured at Southampton by Allan Saint-Maximin’s late goal. Southampton played a large chunk of the match with 10 men after Moussa Djenepo was sent off after via a VAR review for a stamp on Isaac Hayden.
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