Man City subs pull back Liverpool FC season advantage at the last moment

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling, and Ilkay Gundogan all came off the bench and turned the worst possible situation for Manchester City into the best. Bleak didn't even cover what Blues were feeling as they went 2-0 and faced up to the prospect of losing the title to their biggest rivals on the final day of the season. Even when changes were made, it felt like this was sliding towards heartbreak.

Up stepped Sterling though, and found a yard of pace from nowhere before chipping a delicious ball to the back post for Gundogan to head home with conviction. Then came Zinchenko, finding Rodri to slot home an equaliser and send the crowd wild.

Who was at the back post again minutes later as Kevin De Bruyne put the ball invitingly across the posts? Gundogan. Three second-half changes had a hand in all three goals.

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Liverpool have shown this season - and especially since Luis Diaz signed - that they perhaps have the strongest squad in the league now, but what a way for City to show their strength in depth.

For years, City have written their own scripts in the league. Guardiola's side have set new standards and given a modern definition to Typical City.

On the final day, after 37 rounds of excellence, they succumbed at the last. The players forgot their usual standards in the crucible of the occasion, and looked to have allowed former Liverpool player Philippe Coutinho and former Liverpool player Steven Gerrard to help crush their season and set Jurgen Klopp's side up for an unprecedented Quadruple.

But up stepped the team, and Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho and Riyad Mahrez were all coaching the players through the final minutes from the