Of all the gin joints. It’s the year 2022, Liverpool are involved in a title race - and Steven Gerrard is a central figure. By a quirk of the fixture computer and the managerial merry-go-round, his Aston Villa side play Liverpool tonight and Manchester City at the Etihad on the final day. He could help Liverpool win the title, or he could finish them off in the next few hours.
If Liverpool drop points tonight, it’ll be all over bar the tweeting. As they’ve won 13 of their last 15 league games, even the dumb money is on them winning at Villa Park. But there’s no rest for the well wicked: the more successful you are, the greater the fixture pile-up at the end of the season, and this is Liverpool’s 12th game in 39 days since the last international break.
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