Arsene Wenger gave Arsenal a 20 per cent probability of winning the Premier League title as Liverpool ran out convincing 2-0 victors over Manchester City.
The Gunners’ hopes of lifting the trophy took a serious dent earlier within the weekend as Jarrod Bowen inspired West Ham to deserved 1-0 win in front of a shellshocked Emirates crowd.
The result – the Hammers’ first victory in five games – left Arsenal eight points adrift of top-of-the-table Liverpool and City’s latest setback on the Etihad saw that lead increase to 11.
Mohamed Salah was once more the star of the show for the Reds, opening the scoring within the 14th minute before assisting Dominik Szoboszlai for the visitors’ second towards the top of the primary half.
Arne Slot’s men never looked like relinquishing their lead against the champions and Curtis Jones appeared to have made it three midway through the second period, just for the goal to be disallowed for offside.
Salah and Co will look to tighten their grip on top spot on Wednesday evening once they play host to Newcastle in what guarantees to be an intriguing contest at Anfield.
Speaking at half-time during Liverpool’s win over City, ex-Arsenal manager Wenger told beIN SPORTS: ‘If Liverpool win today then you might say it’s 80 per cent. You may have to maintain hope!’
On giving Arsenal a 20 per cent probability, Wenger replied: ‘Possibly I’m being generous.
‘But with 11 games to go, 11 points ahead and yet one more game played, in fact, you can be surprised.
‘If Liverpool win today they’ve lost only game for the reason that start of the season and also you wouldn’t think they might lose 4 games within the last 11.’
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During a recent interview with Goal, Wenger picked out Liverpool’s talisman Salah as his favourite player to observe in world football.
And after Salah netted his thirtieth goal of the season within the Reds’ win at City, Wenger showered the ‘exceptional’ Egyptian with yet more praise.
‘You wouldn’t rule him out [of winning the Ballon d’Or,’ the former Arsenal boss said.
‘You have [Kylian] Mbappe who will definitely fight with him, Vinicius Junior will fight with him.
‘I read that he contributed along with his goals and assists, 38 together, to 31 points of Liverpool this season so you can’t rile him out of any special award.
‘This guy is phenomenal and what I’ve loved probably the most in his profession is that he became higher and higher yearly.
‘More clinical, he does less quantity today, but he doesn’t lose in quality and that shows that he’s not only an excellent talent but a really intelligent player.’
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