By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 BST, 19 April 2019 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 19 April 2019
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Manuel Pellegrini has moved to correct the popular theory that his Manchester City side only won the 2014 title because Steven Gerrard slipped.
It is a fun quirk of timing that Pellegrini's West Ham go head to head with Brendan Rodgers and Leicester on Saturday, just as their former clubs City and Liverpool enter the final weeks of an enthralling title race.
City triumphed the last time the clubs were so close five years ago, when Gerrard's famous slip in a 2-0 defeat against Chelsea changed the complexion of the run-in.
Manuel Pellegrini says Manchester City's 2014 title win wasn't down to Steven Gerrard's slip
However, that distillation of how the title was won has grated with Pellegrini, whose side won their final five games to the take crown. 'In the Premier League it seemed that Liverpool were always in front of us because we had three games in hand,' he said.
'Three games were suspended by the weather or by the other competitions that we
