If Liverpool beat Leicester just ONE team will have ever blown a bigger lead

If, as expected, Liverpool take three points against Leicester City on Wednesday night, they will establish a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Manchester City's surprise 2-1 defeat at Newcastle United on Tuesday has offered Jurgen Klopp's side the perfect opportunity to take an enormous stride towards a first league title in 29 years.

But as is often the case, history provides a warning for the Reds not to assume they have one hand on the Premier League trophy.

Granted, the omens are pretty good - of the nine teams in Premier League history who have enjoyed an advantage of seven points or more after 24 rounds of fixtures, eight have gone on to win the title.

The exception is Kevin Keegan's 'Entertainers' at Newcastle United during the 1995-96 season, who sat nine points clear at this stage of the season but would ultimately finish second to Manchester United.

In one of the most remarkable title races, this vibrant Newcastle side containing the likes of David Ginola, Faustino Asprilla, Les Ferdinand and Peter Beardsley romped to a significant advantage over Alex Ferguson's United.

They lost just twice before Christmas to establish a 10-point lead and were odds-on to win the club's first league championship since 1927.

And despite losing 2-0 at Old Trafford shortly before the New Year, Keegan's swashbuckling side managed to extend their advantage to 12 points by January 20.

With 15 matches remaining, they were in prime position yet their form collapsed during the Spring with an atrocious run of five defeats in eight matches allowing Man United to catch-up.

Eric Cantona scored the only goal of the match at St James' Park on March 4 to allow Ferguson's side to trim the margin to just a single point.

And Newcastle's dramatic 4-3 loss at Anfield on April 3, when Stan Collymore scored a stoppage-time winner, entered Premier League folklore.

Ferguson's skilled use of mind games led to Keegan cracking under the pressure and culminated in his frenzied 'I'd love it if we beat them' rant live on Sky Sports at the end of April.

Though the Geordies managed to take the title race to the final day, their hopes were ended by a 1-1 home draw with Tottenham as Man United won 3-0 at Middlesbrough.

Liverpool will be hoping they don't encounter a similar collapse to allow Pep Guardiola's City back into title contention.

They can take comfort from the fact that both Manchester United in 2013 and Chelsea in 2015 had seven-point cushions after 24 games and duly lifted the trophy.

Beat Leicester on Wednesday to open up a seven-point lead once again and the Anfield faithful can truly start to dream.