In this week's Talking Reds, Daniel Rhodes relives those final 10 minutes-plus against Manchester City...

Glen Johnson takes the throw in.

Martin Tyler: "It is poised, in the match, in the title race."

Clichy, tries to intervene, but ends up heading the ball backwards, into the air, into the danger zone. 

Tyler: "Kompany... Coutinhooooooooo. Liverpool lead again."

"We are Liverpool, tra la la la la."

Will the Reds hang on? You probably know the answer to that question already, but what followed Coutinho's goal was perhaps the most nerve-wracking 10 minutes (plus added time), certainly in the league, for 25 years...

It started well, though.

79:07: Flanagan with a strong tackle.

Seconds later, Garcia picks the ball up in midfield and tries to pick out Milner on the near side, but as the ball arrives, Flanagan comes across again, with a flying defensive header; and ends up flipping right over the advertising boards. Not a thought for his own safety. The camera pans right, Flanagan essentially somersaults over the board, and to all intents and purposes, hits his head on the ground. No flinching, no messing, just a quick dust down, and he's back on the field.

80:58: Allen intercepts (that could be Joe's new surname, without the space...), Man City win a corner.

Gary Neville: "It's a huge 10 minutes in this season."

Henderson clears the first corner. Gerrard blocks the return ball in from Milner. Another corner.

It's a huge nine-minutes-and-forty-five-seconds in this season.

Or, if you believe Gerrard's quote after the game about the apparent interference with the space/time continuum, when he said "it felt like the clock was going backwards during parts of that game", it's a huge ten-minutes-and-fifteen-seconds in this season...

The corner comes in, the commentator's voice croaks "Demichelis", Mignolet saves the header to his right, Joe Allen-intercept is patrolling behind the Belgian, providing the extra line of defence. The lead is intact. 

How did this happen? It was a game Liverpool dominated for the first 40 minutes, with wave after wave of attack. Sterling's exquisite opener, the trademark fast start, the front players dragging the Citizens' defence all over the place; slow, patient build-ups, aggressive pressing, overlapping full-backs, lightning-fast counter-attacks, pinpoint set-pieces. Two goals to nil; maybe should've been double that, if it wasn't for Joe Hart's magnificent one-handed save, and a couple of nervy finishes.

Nevertheless, this is Manchester City, arguably the most expensive side ever assembled in the history of football, with two world-class players in nearly every position on the field - they had to respond, and they did. A stirring comeback, displaying their quality on the ball, the vision and movement of David Silva especially, and the fresh legs of Milner, all contributing to a pulsating clash. Two title rivals going head-to-head, relentlessly looking to exploit the perceived weaknesses of their opponents, and secure what would be a priceless three points in the race for the Premier League trophy.

81:53: Sakho marauds down the left channel, once again bringing the ball out of defence. Liverpool in possession of the ball, let's keep it that way. We want 10-minute-tiki-taka. Pass. Pass. Pass. Please, no more corners. No more chances for City. Millions of Liverpool fans, all around the world, have been in a perplexed state of bubbling nervous energy all week, unable to think straight, unable to concentrate, in this moment, as Sakho strides, unable to breathe with any kind of recommended medical regularity. Beat...pause...stomach rises...beat. Beat. Beat. Beat. Beat. Pause.............beat. That just isn't healthy.

82:00: Sakho to Allen to Henderson to Johnson to Henderson again. It's been 30 seconds of absolute bliss.

The crowd erupts "...where we once saw King Kenny play (and he could play), Stevie Heighway on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing, 'bout the glory, round the Fields of Anfield Road..."

82:36: Suarez caught offside, after exchanging passes with Allen on the edge of the area. The 10-minute-tiki-tika was closer to 45 seconds. Pellegrini's team have possession again.

Tyler: "Six minutes, plus stoppage time to go."

84:30: Milner's cross is too high for Aguero at the back post, goal kick to Liverpool. Mignolet rolls the ball out to Sakho, one or two misplaced passes follow, from both sides, it's becoming nervy.

It is absolutely, painfully, excruciating. Time is going backwards again. Rodgers must appeal to the FA; this is surely against the rules?

86:03: Foul by Coutinho, City free-kick, Liverpool fans clench in unison.

Tyler: "It's not exaggerating to say, for Liverpool, the title is on the line here."

*Presses mute*

Cross by Nasri, header by Johnson, which flies vertically 20 feet up in the air, starts to fall, dangerously, perilously, into the six-yard box, before Mignolet punches clear. Liverpool fans breathe in unison. Nothing to worry about, it was a pre-planned, volleyball-inspired, spike-and-lob-smash type defensive play, perfected on the training ground.

The crowd roars at the team to push higher up the field, Mignolet gesticulates, as does Rodgers on the touchline, the defence tries to push up. They make it about a yard.

88:23: Substitution from Rodgers. Moses for Coutinho. Liverpool fans stand to applaud the young Brazilian in unison. He gets a hug from his manager. There's a queue of millions wishing they could do the same.

90:09 (+5 minutes of injury-time): Corner to the visitors. Arguably the loudest roar of the match so far ensues as Mignolet claims the set piece, tight to his chest. If he just refuses to let go of the ball at this point, for the next five minutes, that's got to be worth a booking?

91:31: Raheem - Man of the Match - Sterling, wins a free-kick on the halfway line. The three points are within touching distance. Not just three points, but 10 wins, in a row. 10 wins. 30 points out of 30.

Can we please just keep the ball now? Run it into the corners, run it into the tunnel, up the stairs and into the dressing room for all I care at this stage. All 10 outfield players should patiently knock it about, get into the corner, form a barrier, and protect the ball. Form a LFC-based corner arc, anything.

Instead, we give it away at the first opportunity.

90:15: Moses slightly overruns the ball, Kompany intercepts and then gives the ball straight back to Henderson. One of the first players on Rodgers' team sheet all season, the engine-room of the midfield, loses control of the ball, and then instinctively stretches, mistiming his tackle by a fraction of a fraction of a second, and is shown a red card.

It is absolutely, painfully, excruciating. Time is going backwards again. Rodgers must appeal to the FA; this is surely against the rules?

The Anfield crowd rises once again, Henderson trudges off, devastated at the thought of missing not only the rest of this game, but the subsequent suspension. He receives another standing ovation.

93:52: Lucas comes on for Sterling. Another standing ovation, this time even louder. Time ticks away, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, the camera focuses on Johnson and Skrtel, organising, encouraging. In my case, shaking.

The 12th man gets involved...

"Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, and You'll Never Walk Alone."

95:26: Mark Clattenburg blows his whistle.

Tyler: "It's 10 out of 10 for Liverpool."

Norwich away next, where we do it all again - cannot wait.

In memory of the 96. Never forgotten. YNWA

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