Ruben Dias has already warned Man City about new Liverpool signing Luis Diaz

28.01.2022 - 19:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Prior to the international break, the door to an unlikely Premier League title race was left slightly ajar and now Liverpool are looking to smash it open.

Manchester City's 12-game winning streak ground to a halt on Saturday as they were held to a draw by a spirited Southampton for a second time this season.

Liverpool took the rare chance to close the gap on the leaders at the top of the table by easing past Crystal Palace with a 3-1 victory and are now nine points behind.

However, Jurgen Klopp's side does have a game in hand — against Leeds, which they would be expected to win — which would reduce City's lead to just six points and the two teams still have to face each other.

It's far from over yet, as Pep Guardiola has repeatedly insisted.

It's impressive that Liverpool have kept the pace considering they have been without Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita this past month due to the African Cup of Nations, but they look set to be adding to their attacking arsenal to give them an extra boost in the second half of the season.

It has been widely reported that Porto forward Luis Diaz is heading to Anfield after the Reds swooped in to take the Colombian out of Tottenham's grasp.

It's said that Liverpool were looking to sign the 25-year-old in the summer but have brought forward their pursuit due to Spurs' interest and will sign him for an initial £37million.

Diaz is enjoying a great season in Portugual after really developing his game in the last two seasons, growing from an exciting winger who scored a few brilliant goals to a clinical finisher. He has 16 strikes, as well as six assists, in 28 games this term.

City learned of his quality, however, long before he became so ruthless in front of goal.

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