Coutinho puts Reds within reach of glory

Liverpool 3 Manchester City 2

With both teams going into the match knowing a win would keep the race in their hands, they had swept through Manchester City with goals from Raheem Sterling and Martin Skrtel putting them in front in a raucous atmosphere after 25 minutes.

A first title in 24 years had never been closer and the significance of the moment seemed to paralyse them after the interval, with City hitting back through David Silva and Glen Johnson’s own-goal in the space of five minutes around the hour.