Liverpool might have regained top spot in the Premier League table by drawing with Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday night and then again by beating Aston Villa on Tuesday night, but they were resigned to their stay being a brief one.
They were resigned to Man City bouncing back from their Champions League exit to Real Madrid by beating Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers to leapfrog the Reds. And, with their goal difference only one better than Pep Guardiola ’s men after facing Spurs, were resigned to the reigning champions cancelling out the very advantage that had seen them temporarily snatch top spot.
The fact that City went on to thrash the Magpies 5-0 at the Etihad and Wolves 5-1 at Molineux to establish a three-point lead at the top of the table, while also building a seven-goal advantage over the Reds on goal difference, was only rubbing salt in the wounds. With two games of the season remaining and Liverpool ’s FA Cup final clash with Chelsea on Saturday meaning they don’t play again in the league until Tuesday, it could be all but over when they make the long journey to Southampton for their penultimate Premier League fixture.
