Down to the wire: Liverpool win ensures Premier League title race will go to final day

Jurgen Klopp’s side will hope to defeat Wolves on Sunday and get a favor from old friend Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa

The Premier League title race, fittingly, will go to down to the final day.

Liverpool came back to beat Southampton 2-1 on Tuesday, as goals from Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip erased an early goal from Nathan Redmond.

With the win, Liverpool closed to within one point of first-place Manchester City, which also has a +6 advantage on goal difference.

That makes City a big favorite to clinch a second straight title and fourth in five seasons.

But Jurgen Klopp’s men now, at least, have a chance for a dramatic final-day turnaround on Sunday.

Premier League title scenarios

Manchester City will clinch the league on Sunday with a win at home against Aston Villa – a team coached, of course, by Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard.

Should City draw or lose, then Liverpool would clinch the title with a win against Wolves.

A loss from City would theoretically mean Liverpool could clinch the title with a draw – but only in the extremely unlikely scenario that City loses by enough to allow Liverpool to overturn its goal difference disadvantage.

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