Liverpool will offer to overcome their Champions League Hearte by winning silverware this weekend.
And after Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Newcastle, the men of Arne Slot will be able to concentrate exclusively on the Premier League while trying to beat Arsenal to the title.
The fate of the Reds will be determined by five important games that will all be played next month – and with no European breaks that are affected, they now know when the majority of their excellent league games will be played.
Arsenal, however, will continue to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. That means that some of their games currently being hired before April can be subjected to chance.
With Liverpool currently 15 points free from the men of Mikel Arteta, who in theory can allow the Reds to complete the title earlier than originally thought. As it looks now, Liverpool still needs 16 points from their remaining games to guarantee the Premier League crown.
Slot and Co start the month with the small issue of a Merseyside Derby. Everton was revived by the return of David Moyes and held the Reds last month at a 2-2 draw at Goodisonpark.
Liverpool then travels to Fulham for matches against West Ham and Leicester City. They then organize Tottenham to free up a busy month.
If Liverpool won all five of those competitions, they could possibly pack the title before May – if Arsenal drops in their own series of competitions between now and the end of April.
Slot had hoped to limit a memorable first season with an unlikely Treble consisting of the competition, the Carabao Cup and the Champions League. And although Liverpool lost to PSG about penalties, the game will live in the memory of the Dutchman for a long time.
“It was the best football game I have ever been involved in,” said Slot on Amazon Prime. “It was an incredible version, especially if you compare it last week. Maybe we had bad luck because the margins were so small.
“We played the perfect game, apart from scoring a goal. It was similar to Paris last week, when they played the perfect game and did not score. And then in extra time they might be a little better.”
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