Why Sunday April 14 will be the day when Liverpool and Manchester City’s challenges are won and lost

The Premier League title race is continuous to captivate as Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis battle it out for the crown.

Final weekend, Liverpool got here from behind to safe a 3-1 win at Southampton to and go two factors clear on the prime of the desk as Manchester Metropolis had been in FA Cup motion – beating Brighton 1-0 within the semi-finals.

It’s a race that can in all probability not be over till the ultimate day on Might 12 as each side don’t present indicators of dropping many factors.

Nonetheless, this Sunday could be the day the place the race for the title reaches its most necessary level and right here’s why.

Either side play on the identical afternoon with City going through a tough take a look at in opposition to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park – a recreation you’ll be able to hearken to live on talkSPORT, kick-off 2:05pm.

In the meantime Liverpool tackle Chelsea, who’re chasing a Champions League spot, at Anfield, kick-off 4:30pm.

The truth is, when Metropolis and Liverpool had been final in opposition to one another for the title within the 2013/14 season, the pendulum swung again within the Residents’ favour when the Reds had been crushed 2-0 at home to Chelsea on April 27, the sport the place the notorious ‘Gerrard slip’ let Demba Ba in to offer the Blues the lead.

Metropolis then travelled to an in-form Palace and bought the job achieved with a 2-Zero win because of objectives from Edin Dzeko and Yaya Toure.

And Manuel Pellegrini’s Metropolis aspect by no means regarded again as they went on to win their second Premier League crown.

In the meantime, Liverpool’s subsequent fixture noticed them blow a 3-Zero lead at Palace to draw 3-3 and Kopite hearts had been damaged.

However Sunday will not be pivotal in figuring out the place the trophy is headed for under symbolic causes.

Pep Guardiola’s men are in the midst of a very busy and difficult run of fixtures and their last game saw them lose 1-0 at Tottenham within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

It ended a run of 14 straight wins in all competitions for Metropolis and their Premier League credentials shall be beneath large scrutiny forward of what is going to be an uncomfortable journey to Selhurst Park.

In the meantime, a extra recent Liverpool are on prime and have two much less video games than Metropolis in April and likewise had a relatively easy win over Porto of their Champions League match on Tuesday.

If Metropolis lose to Palace and Liverpool can get previous Chelsea then that swings the race again within the Reds’ favour as they are going to have a five-point lead or a four-point lead if it’s a draw between the Residents and Eagles, with Liverpool having performed another recreation.

Nonetheless, if Liverpool fail to beat Chelsea and Metropolis beat Palace then Guardiola’s males are very a lot within the driving seat as they are going to be prime of the desk AND could have a recreation in hand on Klopp’s males.

Liverpool have a neater run-in after that but when they’re not on prime by the top of play on Sunday, any extra drop factors will successfully finish their title push.

However Metropolis have an endurance take a look at with their must-win second leg in opposition to Spurs on Wednesday earlier than internet hosting Mauricio Pochettino’s males within the league three days later.

Metropolis then need to go to Previous Trafford 4 days after that and ideally get a win in opposition to native rivals Manchester United, who’re preventing to complete within the Champions League spots.

Nonetheless, this isn’t Metropolis’s first rodeo and so they have extra expertise on this scenario, even when their final league title was extra a coronation to victory than an precise combat for the Premier League.

It’s not clear who will win the Premier League however Sunday April 14 may simply be the day when it turns into clear who comes out on prime on the finish.