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When can Liverpool win the Premier League title?

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Liverpool cemented their status as Premier League champions-elect with a 2-1 win at Wolves on Thursday night, moving 16 points clear at the top of the table.

The Reds, now on 67 points, also have a game in hand over defending champions Manchester City, who lie second on 51 points after a hard-fought win at Sheffield United.

Jurgen Klopp’s men will now surely claim their first Premier League title, to go with the Champions League and Club World Cup successes picked up over the last year.

Mathematically, Liverpool need a further 27 points from their remaining 15 games to be absolutely certain of lifting the title.

Were they continue their remarkable winning run – they’ve dropped points just once all season – that means that, barring rearranged fixtures, they would have the chance to become champions against Man City at the Eitihad when the two sides meet on April 4, even if Pep Guardiola’s side were to win every game between now and then.

However, any points dropped by City would potentially bring forward Liverpool’s crowning moment – indeed, a couple of slip ups could even see the Reds given the chance to claim the title in eight games’ time, in the Merseyside derby against Everton at Goodison Park.

Thursday's win at Molineux extended Liverpool’s unbeaten record to 40 games, meaning the aforementioned meeting with City in April also has the potential to be the match in which they could equal Arsenal’s record run of 49 matches without defeat.