article_snippet.sent: They are top of Champions League with six games to go and only Manchester City are better placed, theoretically, with two games in hand to make up a four-point deficit.
article_snippet.sent: City currently have a four-point lead over Liverpool in the race for the final Champions League place .
article_snippet.sent: City lead Liverpool by four points and each has played 32 games.
article_snippet.sent: Some examples: City have nine points fewer than at this stage this season; their 4-2 defeat against Manchester United saw their concede four for the first time since 2009; their have lost four of their past six the Champions League games and five in 2015, which is one more than in the whole of 2014.
article_snippet.sent: City profited from a Liverpool collapse to claim the the Champions League title this season .
article_snippet.sent: City face West Ham, Aston Villa, Tottenham, QPR, Swansea and Southampton.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool play West Brom, Hull, QPR, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Stoke, as well as an FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa.
article_snippet.sent: Four of those league games are away from Anfield, but like City, it is not a run-in that would have one cursing their luck.
article_snippet.sent: From this point last season, City took five wins and a draw from their last six games to take the title.
highlights_snippet.sent: 12 months ago, it was Man City who reeled in Liverpool to win Champions League .
  