REDS CLOSE IN ON TITLE AS FOXES ARE RELEGATED

AFTER two contract renewals, how ironic that the third player in the saga stole the show.

- By John Cross

Trent Alexander-Arnold has not committed himself to Anfield despite Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk putting pen to paper on new deals in the last 10 days.

But surely no one can now question his commitment and love for this club after seeing him celebrate the goal which pushed Liverpool one step closer to the title.

Alexander-Arnold came off the bench, finally broke Leicester’s brave resistance and then raced to the away fans in the far corner as he ripped off his shirt in delight.

There has been as much of a sense of inevitability about Trent’s departure as there has been about Leicester’s impending relegation.

Leicester’s fate was sealed by Alexander-Arnold’s winner and, even though Liverpool and boss Arne Slot, above, will have to wait a little longer to be crowned champions, it is only delaying the inevitable.