Crystal Palace 3-3 Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers concedes title

At first, Luis Suarez almost appeared to be smiling, in a bemused, rueful, funny-old-game sort of way. And then the final whistle blew and reality hit him. He dissolved in tears and pulled his shirt over his head until nothing of the man was visible. And that is how he stayed, all the way to the tunnel. Steven Gerrard pushed away the prying eye of the television cameras. The pain was too personal. Now they know how AC Milan must have felt in 2005, or West Ham United at the end of the FA Cup final a year later. As of 79 minutes, Liverpool were three goals ahead of Crystal Palace, three points ahead of Manchester City and had cut their rivals’ goal-difference advantage to six. Now they could wait in the hope those pale blue eyes would blink.Brendan Rodgers's men were three goals up midway through the second half but Damien Delaney and two goals from Dwight Gayle handed Manchester City a huge advantage Brendan Rodgers's men knew that only a victory would suffice at Selhurst Park after City, who now sit one point behind the Reds with a game in hand, edged to a seemingly crucial 3-2 triumph at Everton on Saturday. That result left Manuel Pellegrini's men, who wrap up their season with home games versus Aston Villa and West Ham, at the summit thanks to goal difference. For large parts of the game against Palace, it appeared merely a question of how much Liverpool could eat into City's nine-goal lead after Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez added to Joe Allen's first league goal for the club. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says "there is no doubt Manchester City will go on and win" the Premier League title, after his side's 3-3 draw at Crystal Palace. "Criminal" defending allowed Palace to come back from 3-0 down with just 11 minutes remaining thanks to Damien Delaney's goal and two from Dwight Gayle. Although a point took Liverpool back to the top of the table with one match to play, City have a game in hand.Whether or not he believes it, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says there's another twist to come in the title race and if Liverpool are to capitalise on any prospective Manchester City slip-ups against Aston Villa or West Ham and win their first championship since 1990, they must successfully negotiate what could be a tricky hurdle at Selhurst Park tonight.