Manchester United led by eight points one month ago, but now trail Manchester City on goal difference with one game left.

To win a 20th league title, United need to better City’s result against QPR when they face Sunderland on Sunday, or else win by eight more goals than their rivals.

QPR are fighting relegation and need a point to be certain of retaining their Premier League status so it is not going to be an easy match for United.

And in the FA Cup Final on Saturday (5) Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1. It was Liverpool’s second cup final. The first one was the Carling Cup that they won penalties.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says his players will improve following their two Wembley cup finals this season.

“They’ve been in two cup finals in this season – they’ll have enjoyed the first one more than the second,” he said

“The lads will benefit from the experience. You can’t give a team like Chelsea a two-goal head start.”

It briefly appeared as if the game would be dominated by debate over whether the ball had crossed the line, much as Chelsea’s semi-final with Tottenham had been last month.

Carroll was convinced his header had gone over before it was acrobatically clawed out by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, but referee Phil Dowd did not award a goal and replays suggested the right decision had been made.

“I thought it went in but if it hasn’t then give the officials the credit they deserve,” Dalglish said.