The heat is on Liverpool as they aim to become champions for the first time since 1990.
Jurgen Klopp's squad have been outstanding this season but how they cope with tension over the remaining 13 games will decide their campaign.
Anfield heroes Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, Alan Kennedy and Jason McAteer gave their insight to Sportsmail's Dominic King on the demands facing the current squad in the battle for the title.
The heat is on Liverpool as they look to become champions for the first time since 1990
Are the players coping with the pressure?
FOWLER: I don't get what people are talking about. Liverpool are level on points at the top, with a game in hand! There will be loads of twists and turns ahead. People can say they are this or that and it's true they aren't playing as well as they did at the start of the season. But they're still top!
McMANAMAN: If Liverpool beat Bournemouth 5-0, you aren't going to talk about pressure, are you? Mo Salah carries his country, Egypt, on his own shoulders. Does he feel pressure? I think you would find more pressure on a Scouser in the team, because of the club's history. But the word 'pressure' is nonsense, to be honest.
There will be much pressure on Mohamed Salah as Liverpool aim to win the title
OWEN: You don't think about pressure, really. I certainly didn't. When I look back on my career, I think, "Wow, I was the goalscorer for Liverpool and England, playing in World Cups and FA Cup finals". When you look back you realise there was huge pressure. The Prime Minister is under the most pressure. But, after that, there is not much more pressure than being a top player at a top club that is going for the title or in a final. Half the bloody world are watching!
McATEER: The last 10 games of the season the pressure is hyped up and it is like in any sport. If you are a golfer, trying to win your first major, going down the final stretch with three holes to play and you have a two-shot lead, all kind of thoughts creep into your head. It is human nature. It is elite sport.
As in 1996-97 when you fell from top to 4th?
FOWLER: If you put it that way with the results, we clearly didn't handle it well at all. The one thing I would say now is that, in football, you can't start thinking too much about the future. You just have to take each game as it comes.
McATEER: The games against Coventry (lost 2-1 at home) and Wimbledon (lost 2-1 away) still stick in my mind 22 years later.
Steve McManaman was part of the Liverpool side that fell from top to fourth in 1996-97
McMANAMAN: When I looked around the dressing room, I don't think it was pressure. We probably had a little less quality than
