When Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers took to the pitch in that memorable final round of the 2011/12 season, game broadcaster Peter Drury said the following sentence: ".
Drori, a football poet, was more accurate than a plastic surgeon.
City, it will be recalled, won 2: 3 thanks to the same goal by Sergio Aguero in the 93:20 minute - one of the iconic moments in the history of the Premier League - and won the championship after 44 difficult years, but logic was not there on this day, the day the season closed.
Although City hosted the game at Etihad, a stadium where they won all but one of their games that season, and even though KPR was embroiled in bottom-of-the-table struggles in the six away games that preceded that encounter, the unusually high tension and weight deflected those 90 minutes (plus 3:20 Min, of course) from the logical script far to the realms of fantasy.
Debraine is celebrating.
Will the player of the season in England smile tonight as well ?, Photo: Reuters
Even tonight it's hard not to gamble on logic;
That City, for all its power and diversity and ability, will overcome at home Aston Villa, who just three days ago squeezed itself out against Burnley and face nothing but honor, and will end this season with an eighth championship in its history and fourth in the last five years.
Klopp.
His Liverpool still has a chance to celebrate, Photo: EPI
This is the obvious, explained, end supported by statistics and even by history, reminiscent of the 2018/19 season.
So, remember, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City came into the final round with a win over Brighton in order not to lose the championship to Liverpool - and won.
And yet, things are happening on this day.
strange things.
Does not always make sense.
It happened in our counties and other counties, and even in that championship three years ago City fell behind out of a Glenn Marie goal before coming out of it on the way to the championship.
This time, the fantasy is even backed up by picantry.
Aston Villa may not be fighting for anything, but it has many reasons to want to sabotage Guardiola's team.
First of all, the two are close to each other with seven English championships, and another City win will separate them.
On top of that, Villa fans will not object to Jack Grillish, their star and lover until the season, ending this season with puffy pockets and empty hands.
Aguero.
Unforgettable goal, Photo: Reuters
And of course, there's the Steven Gerrard thing.
As a player, the Liverpool emblem has left a not-so-bad dowry at Anfield at all, but also one that lacks a Premier League championship.
The famous move against Chelsea is a stain that clings to his legacy, and now he has the opportunity to help Liverpool win that title - if his Villa of course are educated to stop City and Jürgen Klopp's side take advantage of that and beat Wolves.
"My phone has been busy the last few days," Gerard admitted, presenting his approach ahead of the game: "We'll get on the pitch and give it our all for Aston Villa and its fans. If we end up helping Liverpool - fantastic."
Will Leeds return to the Championship?
Underground battles, on the other hand, are ones that logic is not a part of in the first place.
At the back of the table anything can always happen, certainly and surely when two teams are fighting for one place in the first division.
Leeds, who had a more fickle season than a couple in "Honeymoon," should get a better result against Brentford than that of Burnley, who will play against Newcastle.
Jesse Marsh's team proved in the last round that they are not ready to give up until the end, when they achieved a draw in the 92nd minute, but their last five games show that apart from a fighting spirit - there is not much left.
Tonight she will also be missing many of her attacking players, injured or sent off, which could pave the way for Patrick Bumford back on the pitch.
Marsh and Leeds players.
Will they survive?
Unfortunately for Leeds, she is not independent.
As part of her survival experience, Burnley parted ways during the season with Sean Deitch after nearly a decade on the lines, and his replacement Mike Jackson managed to bring the team to the final round with a fate at its feet, and a win over Newcastle would suffice.
It will not be easy.
In its last seven games, Eddie Howe's team has won them all - except Liverpool and City.
Another battle to be decided in the final round is the one over fourth place, which is reportedly between Tottenham and Arsenal.
Why ostensibly?
Because all Tottenham need to get ahead of Arsenal and get a ticket to the Champions League is a home draw against Norwich, who have lost 11 of their last 14 games, conceded the most goals this season and have long been relegated to the second division.
While anything can happen in the graduation rounds, there is a limit.
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