Liverpool's big win over its nearest rival, Leicester City 4-0 on Thursday evening, may be the most important step on the road to Liverpool's crowning Premier League title for the first time since 1990.
Liverpool beat Leicester in their home yesterday, in the 19th round of the Premier League, to widen the difference that separates him in the lead from second-placed Leicester to 13 points.
British media and critics unanimously praised Liverpool and its coach, Jurgen Klopp, after he clinched the match with a clean four, as Roberto Firmino scored a double and James Milner and Trent Alexander-Arnold scored each.
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Thierry Henry, the former Arsenal star with whom he crowned the Premier League twice, said that the race for the league title had been decided, as he stressed when asked whether the competition had been decided "for me, yes."
"It has always been a matter of time, it (Liverpool) cannot be stopped. What the team does is terrifying."
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"The 14-point difference that separates Liverpool from the defending champion Manchester City is a big gap that is difficult for City to overcome," said BBC BBC football director Phil McNulty.
"Tonight I made it clear that the title race was definitely decided," he added.
As for Klopp, he believes that in light of the fact that the team played only 18 out of 38 league games, it is still early and mistakes are possible, despite the fact that the team scored 52 points out of a total of 54 points that were available to him in the matches he has played so far. .
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Liverpool will play its next league match against Wolverhampton on Sunday night, then meet in the next matches, Sheffield United, Everton, Tottenham and Manchester United.
"To be honest, this does not mean to me that anything has been decided yet ... We must do everything we have to prepare well before all these games are played, so we should not be busy with numbers at all," Klopp said.
Brendan Rodgers, the manager of Leicester who was coach of Liverpool when he took the lead in the 2013-2014 season, said he feels that Liverpool will continue to progress until he crowns the title this season.
For his part, Henry said that Liverpool, who had not suffered any defeat in 35 consecutive league games, could repeat Arsenal's achievement in the 2003-2004 season, when it kept its record unbeaten in the league throughout the season.
"Juergen Klopp will never say that, but his team is doing the job ... they will not stop after what they presented tonight," he added.
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