Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp faces an anxious wait â not over the outcome of Manchester Cityâs result at Burnley on Sunday but the fitness of Roberto Firmino.
The Brazil international missed the 5-0 victory over Huddersfield with a minor muscle tear and he is a doubt for Wednesdayâs Champions League semi-final first leg in Barcelona.
âThe official diagnosis (is) he has a small tear in a very small muscle. Apart from the word âtearâ, everything is positive,â said Klopp.
âItâs Bobby, so he might be ready for Wednesday but we donât know obviously in the moment.
âBecause itâs him, itâs more likely than not but we will see. Of all the badness you can get, itâs pretty much the best, but itâs still bad enough that he couldnât play (against Huddersfield).â
That victory took Liverpool back to the top of the table and restored their two-point advantage over City, who face a potentially tricky trip to Turf Moor.
It lifted the Reds to 91 points and it is remarkable to think they could finish the season with 97 points, the Premier Leagueâs two leading goalscorers â Mohamed Salah took his tally to 21 and Sadio Mane 20 as both scored twice against the Terriers â and potentially the PFA Player of the Year in Virgil Van Dijk and still not win the title.
But Klopp insists he is not losing too much sleep over that.
âOK, 91 points, itâs crazy. In the end, we cannot do more than win these games and thatâs what we did so far and what we try to do again,â added Klopp.
âWhy should we think where City could slip or not? If we do, the job in these two (remaining) games and something happens in the other games, then we are there.
âIf not, then we still did our best, our 100 per cent best and thatâs the only thing we can expect from us.
âYou cannot ask for luck, you cannot ask for destiny, you have to work for it and then the rest around happens, and thatâs exactly what we do.
âI wasnât 100 per cent sure what happens when United played City and I came into training the next morning and the mood was exactly like before, really good.
âNothing changed. We had to watch it because we didnât play and there was a really good football game on telly, so we watched it but itâs nothing to do with us really.
âItâs like it is: if we can have 97 then letâs go for it and then, we see.
âItâs still history (it will be Liverpoolâs best Premier League points haul), we said we wanted to create our own history, thatâs what we try, thatâs what the boys did.
âThese boys are outstanding, thatâs the reason why we are where we are, now letâs carry on and we will see where it ends.â