Premier League: Liverpool Close Gap On Manchester City To Leave Everton In Relegation Danger

Liverpool closed the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to one point as the quadruple chasers pushed Everton deeper into relegation trouble with a 2-0 win, while Chelsea beat West Ham 1-0 to ease their top four anxiety on Sunday. Jurgen Klopp's side had to work hard to break Everton's stubborn resistence in a fractious Merseyside derby at Anfield. They couldn't muster a shot on target until Scotland defender Andrew Robertson scored with a second-half header.

Divock Origi's late strike ensured Liverpool kept the pressure on champions City, who had crushed Watford 5-1 on Saturday to move four points clear at the top.

With five games left for both Liverpool and City, the title race looks destined to go down to the wire.

Liverpool, trying to become the first English club to win all four major trophies in one season, now turn their attention to Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first leg against Villarreal.

Everton have lost eight successive away games for the first time since 1948 and are in grave danger of relegation to the Championship.

Frank Lampard's men were dumped into the relegation zone by Burnley's 1-0 win against Wolves earlier in the day.

They sit two points behind Burnley with a game in hand as they try to avoid playing in the second tier for the first time since 1954.

Liverpool and Everton kicked off separated by 47 points, the largest ever gap between the two sides when facing one another in the league.

Taunted with chants of "going down" from Liverpool fans on the Kop, Everton sat deep in a bid to frustrate the Reds.

Lampard's cautious gameplan almost paid off when Abdoulaye Doucoure sprinted onto Richarlison's pass for a shot that whistled wide of the far post.

The turning point came when