Liverpool remain betting favorites for Premier League title as Man City drop more points

Amid another weekend of dropped points for defending Premier League champions, Man City, current table-toppers, Liverpool remain resounding betting favorites to win just their second league crown since the 80’s.

Sat top of the table by seven points ahead of Chelsea, Liverpool saw a chance to extend their lead at the top postponed today – with weather preventing the Merseyside Derby against city rivals, Everton.

Liverpool remain betting favorites in Premier League title race

And fans betting on the Premier League on sites like Betplay for betting tips, can find Arne Slot’s side as high as 8/11 to win the title come May, as they look to knock the above-mentioned City off their perch and prevent the Citizens from lifting a fifth consecutive crown.

Featuring midweek nonetheless in a trip to St. James Park, Liverpool was forced into a late comeback against Newcastle, with Egyptian wideman, Mohamed Salah converting twice in the final half-hour to salvage a point on the road for the current league leaders.

Pegged back for a stunning 3-3 draw in the dying embers of the matchup through a late effort from defender, Fabian Schar, Dutch manager, Slot claimed that despite taking a point on the road in their title charge – he couldn’t help but feel his side had dropped two valuable points.

“I’ve said many times already to the other media there were moments in the game where you thought if we could come away from here with a draw it would be a good result, but those moments were mainly in the first half. In the second half, especially after we scored for 1-1, I thought we were really impressive,” Slot told assembled media. “We created so many opportunities, good chances. Then, one minute before the end being 3-2 up, it feels like a disappointment to drop two points.”

“I think Mo had a massive impact on the game as well. Dom [Szoboszlai] came in really well, Lucho [Luis Diaz] also, but I think in general in the second half we played much, much better than the first half. In the first half we had a lot of problems with their intensity, aggressive playing style without the ball – aggressive in a good way. We tried to cope with it, but every time we touched them we got a yellow and that doesn’t really help for us to be intense then as well.”

Currently drawing quite sizeable odds of 15/2 to retain their championship this season – sat behind the high-flying Arsenal, who are priced at 9/4 ahead of Sunday’s matchup with Fulham, City were once more forced into a comeback this weekend.

In the midst of a dismal and previously unseen run under the guidance of mastermind head coach, Pep Guardiola, City could only salvage a 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace – much to the apparent relief of the Spanish tactician.

“In general the game was there, coming back in this stadium is not easy. We tried. I’m really pleased for many things I saw,” Pep Guardiola said.

“We have seven potential starting eleven injured,” Guardiola explained. “A lot of players with minutes, the physicality with Crystal Palace is there. We were there and we did everything to try to win. I’m really proud and pleased for the players.”