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'Saliva, thank you Palace!' Liverpool's winning D-DAY was caught.
Arsenal, the winning team, drew 2-2 at home in the 34th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at the Emirates Stadium in London on the 24th (Korea time). In the 38th minute of the second half, defender William Saliba's fatal error completely erased Arsenal's chances of winning.
The second-place Arsenal, which added one point to 67 points, had 12 points different from the leading Liverpool (79 points), which had one less game with four more games to go. Liverpool will confirm its early victory even if it draws against Tottenham in the 34th round at Anfield, its home stadium, on the 28th.
Liverpool is one step away from winning the EPL for the first time in five years since the 2019-2020 season. If he wins this season, the number of wins in England's top league will increase to 20 times, tying Manchester United for the most winning team. Manchester United has succeeded in narrowing the gap at a time when it is far from the championship since its last win in the 2012-2013 season.
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Starting with its first win in the 1900-1901 season so far, Liverpool has lifted the trophy in the 1905-1906, 1921-1922, 1922-1923, 1946-1947, 1963-1964, 1965-1966, 1972-1973, 1975-1976, 1978-1979, 1979-1980, 1981-1982, 1982-1986, 1985-1986, 1987-1988, 1989-1990 and 2019-2020 seasons.
Liverpool, which has been ridiculed by rival teams for more than 27 years since the launch of the EPL in 1992, has maintained a stable system of "1st-tier" with only two losses (33 games) under the leadership of the newly appointed coach Arne Slot.
Tottenham is expected to confirm the championship easily, given that it is not in good form enough to be in 16th place amid the all-time slump. Tottenham captain Son Heung-min, who has missed the past two consecutive games due to injury, is also uncertain to play in the match against Liverpool.
On the other hand, Arsenal are more likely to finish second for three consecutive seasons as they are 2% short of missing the game to be held, with 13 draws, the second-most in the league. Arsenal missed the trophy after fierce competition with Manchester City in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons.
The pace is not good enough to have only one win in the last four games, and there is a possibility that it will give up the second place. In March, the point gap with third-place Manchester City (61 points), which succeeded in rebounding, has already narrowed to six points.
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Arsenal took the lead with Jakub Kiwior's first goal in the third minute of the first half against Palace, which absolutely needed a win to hold on to its last hope of winning. Eberechi Eze scored an equalizer in the 27th minute, but Leandro Trossar scored a go-ahead goal again in the 42nd minute to finish the first half 2-1 ahead.
In the 38th minute of the second half, when the 2-1 score continued, key center back Saliba made a fatal pass mistake near the penalty area. Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, who stole the ball, equalized with a sensational chip shot over the goalkeeper's height. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Palace's official social media posted a witty post after the game "You're welcome, Liverpool."
Fortunately for Arsenal, if they lost on the day, they had to watch the moment Liverpool's victory was confirmed at home. Arsenal will prepare for the first leg of the European Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain on the 30th in a chaotic atmosphere.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
