Just when it seemed the title race was done and dusted, along came Jarrod Bowen and Lukasz Fabianski. Two goals from the West Ham forward – his 17th and 18th of the season – and heroics from their goalkeeper to keep out Riyad Mahrez’s late penalty means Manchester City must now beat Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa next weekend to be certain of retaining their crown.
Yet, if Liverpool’s hopes of an unprecedented quadruple remain alive, Pep Guardiola could at least be thankful for his patched-up side’s second-half comeback through Jack Grealish and an own goal from Vladimir Coufal. In the end City could even have ended up as winners on a topsy-turvy afternoon that began and ended with West Ham supporters paying tribute to Mark Noble for the best part of two decades’ service.
