Source: TheGuardian
Liverpool v Wolves: Premier League – live!
Premier League updates from Anfield on the final dayBrighton v Manchester City! Get the latest match updatesClockwatch – live! Follow all the Premier League actionSend your emails to Nick here, or tweet @NickMiller79 1.51pm BST Of course... 1.49pm BST Rob Smyth has you covered for the other big one today: follow Brighton v Manchester City here. Related: Brighton v Manchester City: Premier League – live! Related: Premier League final day: Tottenham v Everton, Manchester United v Cardiff and more – live! 1.43pm BST While we’re here, can we lay down some language rules for after the game? If Liverpool win today but still don’t win the title, let’s not call them chokers. The line that they had a seven point lead at one stage and have ‘blown’ it sounds dramatic, but that was in January and since then Liverpool have been superb. It’s just that Manchester City have been flawless. Liverpool haven’t lost a league game since January 3, but they have committed the heinous sin of drawing four times. Usually that wouldn’t even be classed as a blip, but usually we haven’t seen a team like City.HOWEVER, should City slip up at Brighton and Liverpool THEN - and ONLY THEN - don’t win here, MAYBE we can talk about bottle jobs, choking, and so forth. MAYBE. But even then, probably not. 10.23am BST Here we are, then. Odd as it sounds, it is a little tricky to work out if this has been a good title race. It’s been relentless, it’s seen two teams of absurd quality outstrip the rest of the division to a comical degree, and their quality has been something to admire.But doesn’t a truly great title race need some peril? Some drama? There’s been a little of that within each individual game, but neither of this pair has so much as dropped a point since March 3. Since then they’ve played 16 games between them and have only even been behind for a total of 40 minutes. Where’s the to and fro? Where’s the defeat, despair and redemption? The tension has come from wondering if these two can keep up this ridiculous pace and standard but can we - and by ‘we’ I mean neutrals here - really get that emotionally involved in what amounts to a pair of processions? Continue reading......read full article
