Manchester City's Yaya Toure celebrates after scoring a penalty against Fulham during their English Premier League soccer match at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northern England March 22, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples
(Reuters) - Long considered favourites in an absorbing Premier League title race, Manchester City no longer have control over their destiny and must also sweat on the fitness of Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany for the closing weeks of their campaign.
A 3-2 defeat to Liverpool at an emotional Anfield, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, saw City fall seven points behind their hosts on Sunday and needing the Merseysiders to slip up to overhaul them.
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