{"id":4593,"date":"2022-01-03T12:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/03\/liverpools-virgil-van-dijk-makes-premier-league-title-admission\/"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:14:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:14:37","slug":"liverpools-virgil-van-dijk-makes-premier-league-title-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/03\/liverpools-virgil-van-dijk-makes-premier-league-title-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s Virgil van Dijk makes Premier League title admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Chelsea vs Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool and Chelsea would face off at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides headed into the game really needing a win to keep their respective title hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, though, the points were shared \u2013 a result which is unlikely to have pleased either outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool would take a two-goal lead in the game via Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah strikes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The best in the world\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah does it again as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a> extend their lead against Chelsea! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbuKlRoxpj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mbuKlRoxpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1477686190136516613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nHowever, a stunning Mateo Kovacic goal and a Christian Pulisic effort ensured that Chelsea earned a draw on the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The start of Chelsea\u2019s fightback\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>Kovacic got their first goal of the match with an absolute stunner! ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EvhnFEnTHF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EvhnFEnTHF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1477691039389528077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nVirgil van Dijk\u2019s Premier League title admission<\/h2>\n<p>Following the game, Chelsea have stayed 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the Premier League, 10 points off Manchester City win no games in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, meanwhile, are 11 points off top spot with one game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Such a deficit is going to be pretty hard for either outfit to overturn as Manchester City are in superb form of late.<\/p>\n<p>And now, when speaking after the Chelsea draw, Virgil van Dijk admitted that it is Manchester City\u2019s title to lose at the moment:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s never difficult to believe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a big gap. They\u2019ve got the title to lose at the moment, but anything can happen still.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUnfortunately we\u2019ve been there and we had a gap out in front, and we gave it away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnything is possible. We will focus on ourselves, Chelsea will focus on themselves. We just have to get results. Get results, play good football, win games.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quotes via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/liverpool-virgil-van-dijk-man-city-title-b974700.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evening Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/manchester-united-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/manchester-united-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea vs Liverpool Liverpool and Chelsea would face off at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening. Both sides headed into the game really needing a win to keep their respective title hopes alive. In the end, though, the points were shared \u2013 a result which is unlikely to have pleased either outfit. Liverpool would take a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}