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Van Dijk's rescue act edges title ever closer
April 14, 2025
|The Guardian
When Liverpool fans next congregate at Anfield in two Sundays' time it should be for an occasion they have craved for 35 years: the celebration of a league title triumph in person.
When Liverpool fans next congregate at Anfield in two Sundays' time it should be for an occasion they have craved for 35 years: the celebration of a league title triumph in person. This visit was fraught, West Ham's second-half superiority putting the place on edge, but Virgil van Dijk's late rescue act ensured two more wins will get the title party started.
The captain's 89th-minute winner came three minutes after his error led to Andy Robertson putting through his own goal and giving West Ham a richly deserved equaliser. Van Dijk atoned in style and, while Anfield basked in the relief and joy of a precious victory, he made a point of kissing the Liver bird on his chest. A new two-year contract to follow that of Mohamed Salah should be confirmed soon. All that matters to Arne Slot, however, is getting the job done against Leicester and Tottenham. A record-equalling 20th league championship is so close that Liverpool can almost feel it.
The game was preceded by a solemn tribute to the 97 Liverpool supporters who were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough. "Unlawfully killed - Unfairly blamed," read one banner on the Kop, which was bedecked in a "97" mosaic before Tuesday's 36th anniversary of the disaster. Another banner paid a fitting tribute to Phil Hammond, the campaigner and former chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group who died in January.
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اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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