Liverpool's away record is the best in the Premier League – stay unbeaten at Man City and the title will be a step closer
20 February 2025, 01:17 | Updated: 20 February 2025, 20:21
After that equaliser by Everton and the wobble at home to Wolves, Liverpool knew that victory against Aston Villa would take their advantage over Arsenal into double digits. They came close. A point was the least they deserved from an entertaining 2-2 draw.
That was how Arne Slot saw it afterwards, two points dropped as four goals were shared for the second Wednesday in a row. But this was different to Everton, different even to the weekend win over Wolves. "I liked the performance much, much more," said Slot.
"Performance wise it was not a dip at all, in my opinion. What we must not do, and what we do a bit too often, is that we don't get what we deserve. We must not make a habit out of that because it has happened a little bit too much. But we are eight points clear."
That was the important detail to take from Wednesday night. More than Mohamed Salah scoring and assisting yet again so that he is now on his own at the top of both charts. More too than Darwin Nunez contriving to miss what Slot himself called an open goal.
Liverpool just keep picking up points.
There is no shame in not claiming all three at Villa Park - and not just because of the congested fixture list. Manchester City lost here last season and drew the year before that, but still went on to lift the title. Liverpool shipped seven here as champions.
Arsenal missed the chance to go top with six to play when beaten by Villa last April and that was on home soil. Villa are a different proposition in front of their own supporters, now unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games here.
Are Liverpool better away?
But Liverpool themselves are unbeaten anywhere in the Premier League since September. It is their away record that separates them from the rest. They boast the only unbeaten record in the competition. Every other team has lost at least twice.
The Anfield atmosphere is among the best in English football, but that comes with a caveat when many of those figures stood on the Kop have not experienced a title win close-up in their lifetime. The run-in five years ago was played out in an empty ground.
"You cannot compare circumstances," said Slot of that previous Liverpool title triumph earlier in the week. "The ones who won the league in corona time, without our fans in the stadium, they were 25 points ahead. So you can hardly talk about pressure then."
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