Liverpool have built up a 12-point lead at the top of the Premier League table and seem destined to be crowned English champions for a 20th time. But how early could the championship be sealed?

If this squad have anything about them, they will want to avoid the tag of being part of the worst Leicester side in Premier League history, or, even worse, top-flight history. But this team is now on course to become just that, eclipsing the sides of 1977-78, 1994-95 and 2001-02.

Diogo Jota scored the goal that settled the Merseyside derby and kept Liverpool’s Premier League title challenge on track.