If you’re the same as me, you probably feel you’ve aged 100 years during the last few Liverpool games.

This season is definitely testing both the heart and head, and Sunday’s 3-2 victory over Norwich City at Carrow Road was no different, with the Reds holding on for the important three points.
The Premier League title is so close now, you could almost touch it. Having said that, there’s also still a long way to go, a lot more heartbeats to jump and a lot more nerves to calm.
For the optimists out there, there is a scenario of results which could see Liverpool named champions just a few hours after Sunday’s clash at home to Chelsea. It would require Manchester City to drop points at home to West Brom on Monday night, Liverpool to beat Chelsea (Sunday, 2.05pm), and then City to slip up at Crystal Palace (Sunday 4.05pm).
If your head is full of mathematical equations based on the league table and possible outcomes of games, then we’re on the same wavelength. You may even have worked out that probability that Everton could win Liverpool the league with a result over Man City in the final week of the season.
But for now, let’s reflect on Liverpool’s 11th consecutive victory, starting with a look at the papers:
Henry Winter of The Telegraph went with the angle that Liverpool took inspiration from Steven Gerrard‘s leadership and the “We Go Again!” mantra as Norwich made hard work for the Reds:
They needed his [Gerrard’s] resilience here. Nobody said it would be easy for Liverpool. Nobody said it would be a procession, even with the wobbles of Chelsea and Manchester City in recent days. Norwich City, fighting for survival, were never going to be obliging hosts. Inspired by Robert Snodgrass and their raucous fans, Norwich made Liverpool sweat for the victory.
Similarly, Martin Samuel of the Daily Mail picks out Liverpool’s resolve as the key focus to Liverpool’s victory at Carrow Road:
Ignore Norwich City’s league position for a moment. This really was a test of Liverpool’s resolve. Coasting and two goals clear after 11 minutes, and then again at 3-1 up after 62 minutes, Liverpool were pegged back to a single-goal lead with 13 minutes remaining and Norwich throwing the kitchen sink at goal. They survived.
Winning by the odd goal in five, as Liverpool have done in their last two games, hardly makes for peaceful progress, but at least Brendan Rodgers knows his team have character.
The Guardian‘s Sachin Nakrani also goes with the test of character angle, and it’s a good job Liverpool passed it, considering their defence, he writes:
Viewed another way, it was the resilience which Liverpool showed that suggests more than anything that their title charge is not going to crash into a late hurdle. Their defending was not pretty on many occasions and coming up against a side who had failed to score in their previous three games, rather worrying, but they hung on, with the centre-backs Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho forced to clear a barrage of direct deliveries into their penalty area.

The CEOs at Twitter have probably had to order several hundred new servers off the back of Liverpool’s success this season, such is the virtual celebration happening post-match every weekend.
On Sunday, there was a lot of praise for the two goal scorers Luis Suarez and Raheem Sterling, starting with the statisticians:
30 – Luis Suarez is the first player to reach 30 goals in Europe's big five leagues this season. Elite.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 20, 2014
30 – Luis Suarez is only the 2nd player to reach 30 PL goals without a single penalty in the total (+ Andy Cole with 34 in 1993-94). Pure.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 20, 2014
Luis Suárez is the first Liverpool player to score 30 league goals in a season since Ian Rush in 1986-87.
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) April 20, 2014
.@sterling31 must be most improved player this season. Some of his moves look very Suarez-que, surely he learns from him in practice #SLlive
— David Kappel (@kappilinho) April 20, 2014
Finally, we leave with you with post-match celebrations of Liverpool owner John Henry‘s wife Linda Pizzuti and the players themselves. Make sure you let us know your thoughts on the game at Norwich and Liverpool’s title chances in the comments section below.
3-points!! 11 consecutive wins! @LFC pulls ahead of the pack at the top of the table! #Dreaming
— Linda Pizzuti (@Linda_Pizzuti) April 20, 2014
Get In there boys!!! I'm absolutely buzzing. Roll on next week..3 more cup finals. #redordead #YNWA
— Daniel Sturridge (@D_Sturridge) April 20, 2014
Come on boys, There are 3 big battles more !!????????????????
— Philipe Coutinho (@Phil_Coutinho) April 20, 2014
Our dream is closer, but we all have to keep fighting. 3 finals. Go go reds!! #LFC #YNWA ????????
— Luis Alberto Romero (@14_luisalberto) April 20, 2014
What a win! Massive 3 points…..
Enjoy tonight #LFC
— Glen Johnson (@glen_johnson) April 20, 2014
C'monnn!! Very important 3 points… Very happy for the great effort from everyone and for being in the Champions League next year!!!!! YNWA
— Luis Suarez (@luis16suarez) April 20, 2014
Another one out of the way! #3togo Happy Easter everyone!
— Simon Mignolet (@SMignolet) April 20, 2014
Parabéns a todos pela vitória !!! 3 finais nos faltam.
Congratulations everyone for the 3 points!! 3 more finals and we go again.
— Lucas Leiva (@LucasLeiva87) April 20, 2014
Great win from the boys today showed real togetherness , character and desire we go again YNWA ???????? #GODisGOOD
— Raheem Sterling (@sterling31) April 20, 2014
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