WILDER'S VAN HIT

Return of old boss fails to ignite Blades' survival push as Virgil puts Reds back on the Gunners' tail

- JOHN CROSS

THERE is no room for fairytales in this title race.

Not when Liverpool are chasing down leaders Arsenal with Jurgen Klopp's men on a mission to ruin Chris Wilder's homecoming.

Virgil van Dijk scored his first Premier League goal since March to help push Liverpool back to within two points of the summit before Dominik Szoboszlai rounded off the win in injury-time.

But it was also a night when Trent Alexander-Arnold showed his quality, orchestrating Liverpool's win with his world-class delivery.

England simply have to find a way to get him in the line-up next summer, because he can win games on his own and he was the difference at Bramall Lane.

Wilder (left), who had only replaced Paul Heckingbottom just 24 hours earlier, must have wished he had put his return on hold for a couple of days.