TERRACE TALK: Reaction from the weekend's top Premier League action

Liverpool: This latest heart murmur just wasn’t necessary

Hyperventilation is good for the system. That’s what I tell myself now. The stress of desperately wanting other results, not just the Reds’, to go the correct way is reaching critical levels now. It’s a fine life to lead when you want Cardiff of all people to win just enough points so they’ll have something to fight tooth and nail for on the final day.

Title race statistics can turn the thickest fan into John Nash, though minds will remain distinctly less than beautiful. My own mind harboured some wild design on keeping hold of one final atom of cynicism, but alas it has gone for good. Seeing Steven Gerrard weep after the Man City win was just too much.