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Liverpool need 16 more points to confirm themselves as Premier League champions.

After Arsenal's draw against Manchester United, the Gunners' max points total they can reach for the season is 85, meaning Liverpool need five wins and one draw from their remaining nine fixtures.

Should the Gunners win their game in hand and the gap remain at 12, it would mean the earliest Liverpool could win the league is 3 May against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The following week they would take on Arsenal at Anfield...

Meaning Arsenal would be the first team to give the Reds a guard of honour...

The script is there.

Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports

They have got big games coming thick and fast, but I actually think it is a positive for Liverpool that they have these big games as they haven't got time to stop and think. It will be a brilliant game. The atmosphere will be sensational and Liverpool will be right up for it.

They won't be complacent in the league but they got this. The title is in their hands. They don't just have a hand on the trophy but the colours and ribbons are being changed as we speak.

15 point gap, 10 games to go (9 for Liverpool) - even the most pessimistic of Liverpool fans must be starting to get their celebration outfits ready.

Following Arsenal's draw at Manchester United, the Premier League title now has a 99.5% likelihood of landing at Anfield, according to Opta's supercomputer.

It has given the Gunners just a 0.5% chance of overhauling the Reds' lead and completing the most incredible of comebacks.

Just joining us? Here for your fix of Premier League reaction? Let us help you along. This is what we're discussing today:

• Arsenal draw at Manchester United but are 15 points behind first-placed Liverpool.
• It's another match in which Arsenal's goal-scoring issues have come under scrutiny (yes, even after scoring seven last week!). Here's their xG map from Old Trafford.
• We're asking you for your say on Mikel Arteta's tenure at Arsenal - have your say in our poll or Get Involved as Zac, Jif and Jagon have done.

• We're also looking into the protests at Old Trafford as well as Bruno Fernandes's influence on the team.
• There was a win for Chelsea and a draw between Spurs and Bournemouth. More to come from both matches.

And it's a huge week in Europe. We'll bring you Liverpool's training session before the visit of PSG at 13:15 (GMT).

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Speaking before yesterday's match, former Manchester United defender Gary Neville told Sky Sports that supporters were “really angry” and that was why they were protesting at how the club is being run.

“It’s down to a number of things,” Neville said. “It’s down to debt repayment, it’s down to mismanagement, if you’re getting rid of 450 people it means someone has been mismanaging the club for 10 years.

“You think of the impact of the performance on the club’s revenue, no Champions League football, losing £30-40million a year because of that. Woeful recruitment that means you have to recycle players constantly and not create assets within the club.

“All of that is coming home to roost here. You can’t kid football fans or con football fans.”

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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim, speaking to Sky Sports on the fans' protests before the game: "This club will never die, that is clear. You feel it in the streets. This is a big business and maybe all the fans in this league sometimes feel it is harder to go to the games and pay for tickets.

"We want to give them a lot of effort. In the future, we will not play like that."

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Was Arsenal's 7-1 victory over PSV in the Champions League simply a case of papering over the cracks of a lacklustre attack?

The Gunners looked toothless at Old Trafford on Sunday as they dropped more points in the title race.

Despite dominating for large periods and mustering 17 shots away from home - they only managed to find the net once with an xG of 1.66.

They actually had more shots at Old Trafford on Sunday than they did in Eindhoven midweek - the outcome, however, was just drastically different.

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Mikel Arteta, by most measures, has improved Arsenal and been successful. The only gauge that matters at a club of their stature, though, is the tangible success of trophies and he still only has their 2020 FA Cup success to show for his progress.

This is not to suggest the Spaniard has been a failure. Far from it.

Arteta, understandably, retains the complete faith of the Arsenal hierarchy as he has moved them in the right direction. And it is expected he will soon be working with a new sporting director in Andrea Berta, who is to succeed Edu after the Italian left the same position with Atletico Madrid in January.

In his first 200 matches, Arteta has 119 wins, the fifth highest tally of any manager in that amount of Premier League games.

And since his appointment in succession to Unai Emery in 2019, only Pep Guardiola, his mentor at Manchester City when he was assistant manager there, has more victories and points in the Premier League.

Arteta also has eight more wins than Arsene Wenger achieved when he hit the mark of 200 top-flight matches.

Arsenal can also consider themselves live contenders for the Champions League, with a quarter-final place virtually assured after their spectacular away win at PSV.

It does mean, however, the pressure is increasing on Arteta to deliver a trophy that has eluded him for five years – if not this season, then certainly next.

Before the match against Arsenal, Manchester United fan Steve Crompton spoke on the latest episode of The Football News Show about the protests at Old Trafford, which again challenged the Glazer family's ownership of the club.

Crompton, who is part of The 1958 supporters' group, said: "It is certainly not about the football, it never has been. It is about the Glazer ownership and the debt that is looming over us that we cannot seem to get away from.

"It is just bad news after bad news, whether it is staff redundancies, hikes in ticket prices or concessions being taken away. Your match-going fans and your local workforce seem to be copping for it, but we seem to be getting nothing in return."

With the Manchester United fans unhappy with how the season is going on and off the pitch, thousands of supporters took part in protests around Old Trafford before yesterday's game.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at Old Trafford

Thousands of Manchester United fans joined the biggest anti-ownership protest since Sir Jim Ratcliffe took near 30% stake in the club ahead of this afternoon’s Premier League fixture with Arsenal.

Supporters joined the march to the stadium along the near mile long route.

Numerous flares were set off as fans sang against the Glazer family and Ratcliffe, with reference made to the recent £66 ticket price rise.

Banners saying ‘we want our club back’ and ‘£1bn ‘stolen’’, referring to the amount spent on servicing the debt loaded onto United when the Glazer family bought the club in 2005, were carried.

The noisy protest arrived at Old Trafford at just after 4pm, then made its way under the Munich tunnel.

If you're just joining us, here's what we've been discussing so far.

• Arsenal draw at Manchester United but are 15 points behind first-placed Liverpool.
• Mikel Arteta makes a swift exit from his post-match interview when asked about the title race and later admits it's "not the right moment" to discuss it. Stay with us for more analysis and reaction.
• We're also looking into the protests at Old Trafford as well as Bruno Fernandes's influence on the team.
• There was a win for Chelsea and a draw between Spurs and Bournemouth. More to come from both matches.

Lots more analysis and reaction to come as we look at the race for the Champions League spots, the seemingly-inevitable relegation picture and we'll be looking at a huge week in Europe to come too - with Liverpool training at 13:15 (GMT) before the visit of PSG.

10 draws in the Premier League for Arsenal and it looks certain to be another season where they've put pressure on top spot but couldn't get over the line.

There is still the Champions League, of course.

But as he reaches 200 Premier League games in charge of Arsenal, how should Mikel Arteta's tenure at the club be viewed?

Above expectations for challenging for the title or disappointing for having not crossed over the line - yet?

Get in touch with us on all the channels above or have your say on anything else over the footballing weekend.

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Gabriel Martinelli made his first appearance since the beginning of February on Sunday afternoon following his recovery from a hamstring injury.

He was brought on just before the hour mark at Old Trafford but struggled to have the desired impact.

Martinelli had 21 touches in the time he was on the field and blazed over a glorious chance in the dying minutes from just a few yards out.

His blushes were spared with that effort due to the offside flag being raised on the far side but it was a telling sign of rustiness - something the Gunners can ill afford at this stage of the season.

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Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror have opted for 'Pop Art' on the back of today's paper.

It refers to Mikel Arteta criticising Bruno Fernandes following his first half free-kick.