Little separating Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal in EPL title race rich with narratives

The English Premier League title race is heating up with Liverpool, Manchester City, and Arsenal vying for glory.

One team is looking to make history. Another wants to give its long-time manager the perfect send-off while the other is eager for revenge.

The English Premier League title race is shaping up to have a thrilling finish with the top three — Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal — separated by just two points with 15 matches remaining.

Arsenal's 3-1 win over Liverpool on Feb. 4, followed by City's victory at Brentford by the same score on Feb. 5, has left what appears to be a three-way fight for English soccer's biggest prize. It has the potential to be the closest finish between three teams for a decade, when there was only four points between eventual champion City, Liverpool and Chelsea after the final round of the 2013-14 season.

Fourth-placed Aston Villa and fifth-placed Tottenham, five and seven points off the pace respectively, could possibly be involved in the title race, but few can expect them to stay the course given the pedigree of the teams above them.

Here's a closer look at the top three, what's pushing them for title glory, and what could make them fall short:

Sure, Jurgen Klopp has the won the Premier League with Liverpool, ending the storied team's 30-year wait for the title in the process. However, that 2020 triumph was tinged with the slightest regret in that it came during the pandemic and there were no fans inside Anfield when then-Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson and his teammates hoisted the trophy on The Kop.

Doing it before a full house and in the final days of Klopp's nearly nine-year tenure would be a fitting way for the German to depart.