LONDON - Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2 in a dramatic and emotionally-charged game at Anfield yesterday to move within touching distance of the Premier League title.
Demba Ba's goal earned Chelsea a 1-0 win at 10-man Swansea City and kept them two points behind leaders Liverpool with four matches left in the season.
Chelsea visit Liverpool in a potential title decider on April 27 when victory for Jose Mourinho's team could let in City, who trail the Merseyside club by seven points but have two games in hand. Emotions were running high all day at Anfield as the club commemorated 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster in which 96 of their supporters died at an FA Cup semifinal.
There was a minute's silence before kick-off and captain Steven Gerrard, whose 10-year-old cousin was one of those killed, finished the afternoon in tears before gathering his team in a celebratory huddle.
Gerrard refused to talk up the possibility of Liverpool's first title since 1990 after leading his side to a 10th successive victory. "That win means so much, that is such a big result for us," he told Sky Sports. "The important thing now is not to get carried away with that result."
City manager Manuel Pellegrini, however, believes his team still have everything to play for. "If we win our two games in hand we will be a point behind Liverpool, who still have to play Chelsea. The title does not finish today," he said.
City felt they should have had a late penalty for a handling offence by Martin Skrtel, but they paid for a poor first half-hour in which they fell behind to goals by Raheem Sterling, the 19-year-old who hopes to win a place in England's World Cup squad, and Skrtel.
Spanish international David Silva led a City revival by scoring in the 56th minute and forcing an own goal from Glen Johnson five minutes later. But 12 minutes from the end a mis-kick by City captain Vincent Kompany gave Philippe Countinho the opportunity to drive in the winner.
In stoppage-time midfielder Jordan Henderson was sent off for a lunging tackle at Samir Nasri and he will miss three of the last four games.
The crucial one of those looks to be the visit of Chelsea, who laboured to beat relegation-threatened Swansea despite playing most of the match against 10 men.
Chico Flores was sent off for two yellow cards in the first quarter of an hour.
Liverpool see off City
LONDON - Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2 in a dramatic and emotionally-charged game at Anfield yesterday to move within touching distance of the Premier League title.
Demba Ba's goal earned Chelsea a 1-0 win at 10-man Swansea City and kept them two points behind leaders Liverpool with four matches left in the season.
Chelsea visit Liverpool in a potential title decider on April 27 when victory for Jose Mourinho's team could let in City, who trail the Merseyside club by seven points but have two games in hand. Emotions were running high all day at Anfield as the club commemorated 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster in which 96 of their supporters died at an FA Cup semifinal.
There was a minute's silence before kick-off and captain Steven Gerrard, whose 10-year-old cousin was one of those killed, finished the afternoon in tears before gathering his team in a celebratory huddle.
Gerrard refused to talk up the possibility of Liverpool's first title since 1990 after leading his side to a 10th successive victory. "That win means so much, that is such a big result for us," he told Sky Sports. "The important thing now is not to get carried away with that result."
City manager Manuel Pellegrini, however, believes his team still have everything to play for. "If we win our two games in hand we will be a point behind Liverpool, who still have to play Chelsea. The title does not finish today," he said.
City felt they should have had a late penalty for a handling offence by Martin Skrtel, but they paid for a poor first half-hour in which they fell behind to goals by Raheem Sterling, the 19-year-old who hopes to win a place in England's World Cup squad, and Skrtel.
Spanish international David Silva led a City revival by scoring in the 56th minute and forcing an own goal from Glen Johnson five minutes later. But 12 minutes from the end a mis-kick by City captain Vincent Kompany gave Philippe Countinho the opportunity to drive in the winner.
In stoppage-time midfielder Jordan Henderson was sent off for a lunging tackle at Samir Nasri and he will miss three of the last four games.
The crucial one of those looks to be the visit of Chelsea, who laboured to beat relegation-threatened Swansea despite playing most of the match against 10 men.
Chico Flores was sent off for two yellow cards in the first quarter of an hour.
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