Right team, wrong time for unlucky Liverpool as City set ridiculous standards - Opinion

Liverpool beat Huddersfield Town 5-0 to return to the top of the Premier League on Friday but their destiny remains out of their hands.

Manchester City face Burnley on Sunday and a win would see them return to the top, in this, the most pulsating of seasons.

On the chalkboard

The Reds moved onto 91 points as a result of their victory on Friday.

Such is the irrepressible pace of this title race, City can leapfrog them and move onto 92 points if they beat the Clarets.

With two games of the season remaining thereafter, City can reach a maximum of 98 points. Liverpool can reach 97.

That would have...