With Chelsea faltering over Christmas and Manchester City looking too far back and still in semi-crisis, it seems like Arsenal represent the biggest threat to Liverpool in the title race. An impressive 3-1 win at Brentford on New Year?s Day kept the leaders in sight and the Gunners could close the gap to just two points by winning at Brighton on Saturday evening. The snag for Arsenal is that Liverpool will have two games in hand by then and the first of those is at home to ailing Manchester United on Sunday.
Nottingham Forest won?t end the weekend as Liverpool?s nearest challengers in the table as they?re not playing until Monday. But a victory at Wolves could move them second if Arsenal fall to defeat at Brighton.
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