The Independent
·20. April 2025
Leicester v Liverpool LIVE: Reds look to move closer to Premier League title against struggling Foxes

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Trent Alexander-Arnold could make his return for Liverpool (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
The battle for the Premier League title has looked like a procession rather than a race for some time now, but Liverpool have the chance to make it a mathematical certainty today if they win over strugglers Leicester and second-placed Arsenal slip up against Ipswich.
Liverpool travel to the King Power Stadium after the Gunners visit Ipswich in today’s early kick-off, with all the pressure on Mikel Arteta’s side - but there’s still time for Leicester to spring a surprise.
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s men are above only rock-bottom Southampton in the top flight and relegation surely looms, having earned just eight points from 19 matches under the Dutchman. But a win over the Reds - who have shown signs of fragility in recent weeks - would stave off the drop for at least another game.
If not, the Foxes will be heading straight back down to the Championship, so it’s all to play for.
The hosts are 19th, a huge 18 points off 17th-placed Wolves with six games to play.
Liverpool are top, ten points ahead of Arsenal with six games to play (five for the Gunners) and needing just six more points to seal the title.
Flo Clifford20 April 2025 16:10
Arsenal thrashed Ipswich 4-0, moving them to ten points behind Liverpool in the table, so there will be no title parade today.
Flo Clifford20 April 2025 16:02
(Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
(Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Flo Clifford20 April 2025 15:45
With Ipswich vs Arsenal at just over the hour mark, the Gunners are 2-0 up and cruising against the 10-man Tractor Boys.
Barring a total collapse, Arsenal will prevent Liverpool from officially claiming the title today as they’ll move up to ten points behind the Reds.
Mikel Arteta’s men can keep their faint title hopes alive with a win at Portman Road
Flo Clifford20 April 2025 15:35
We’re expecting team news in the next few minutes...
Flo Clifford20 April 2025 15:18
The way Virgil van Dijk put it on Sunday, a saga had the feel of a formality. “Everything that embodies Liverpool that is just part of me,” he said. A man with a claim to be Liverpool’s finest ever centre-back, who is set to join their band of title-winning captains has become part of the fabric of the club to the extent that it has seemed surreal that, until a new contract was belatedly signed, they risked losing a £75m signing on a free transfer.
In theory, Van Dijk’s last act at Anfield could have been to lift the Premier League trophy before exiting, seemingly unwanted. In practice, it wasn’t going to happen. Only those with little understanding of the situation thought the defender would leave. Van Dijk didn’t. As he put it, it was “always Liverpool, it was always in my head, it was always the plan”.