It could be that next season Manchester City reclaims the Premier League title and we look back at Thursday as the moment the momentum began to shift. Or it may be that it has no bearing at all and a thumping City victory lives in the memory as no more than a quirk similar to Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Arsenal in 1998 after Arsene Wenger’s side had sealed the title.
The temptation will be to suggest Liverpool’s players have been celebrating all week. But just as likely is that, having won the title, its intensity has dropped and, as a couple of key breaks went City’s way, that was enough to send it spiraling off course.