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Liverpool ensured they will keep their Premier League title hopes alive after seeing off Southampton despite making nine changes at St Mary's - with Klopp masterminding a 2-1 with a new look side.
Manchester City will be frustrated that the Saints failed to get the job done after going in front early on, with Pep Guardiola's men knowing they would be named champions had they beaten the Reds.
Instead, the title battle will go to the final day of the season - where City face Aston Villa at home while Liverpool welcome Wolves to Anfield. The Etihad outfit are currently one point ahead of their rivals but Villa are managed by Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, who will be desperate to see his old club win the league.
Fans are set for a nailbiting day on Sunday, yet going into a Premier League finale with the title still up for grabs is actually a rarity. There have only been eight occasions where it has gone down to the wire.
Sportsmail has taken a look through the archives to look at each season where the title went to the final day and what happened.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool and Pep Guardiola's Man City compete for the title on Sunday - the league crown has gone to the final day on eight previous occasions
1994-95 - Blackburn pip United to the title
All Kenny Dalglish's Blackburn side needed to claim their first top-flight crown since 1914 was a win. The only problem was that they had to do it at Anfield against Liverpool.
Despite their tough trip to play the Reds, Blackburn still looked good for the title as they sat just a point ahead of United, who had travelled to West Ham.
Alan Shearer put one hand on the trophy with his 34th goal of the season after he was picked out just inside the area totally unmarked and slotted home beyond David James with 20 minutes gone.
And things got even better when Michael Hughes put the Hammers in front against United. But just after half-time in east London, Brian McClair equalised for the Red Devils before John Barnes also hit a leveller against Blackburn to make things interesting.
Man United failed to catch up to Blackurn in 1995 and drew 1-1 to West Ham on the final day
Going into stoppage time both games were still all square – that was until Jamie Redknapp hit an outrageous, curling free kick into the top left corner of Tim Flowers' goal with seconds left.
Blackburn fans had heads in hands – and Liverpool fans weren't celebrating either. They didn't want to see their fierce rivals Manchester United lift a third successive Premier League title and thought they had gifted them a chance to do just that.
One goal at the Boleyn and it would have been all over for Dalglish and his brave team, but United couldn't find a way through against West Ham – managed by Redknapp's dad Harry.
Blackburn held off the stern challenge from United despite their 2-1 defeat at Anfield
Dalglish was told the news and the emotions from the players flipped on its head as they got the party started and marched their way around the pitch.
Speaking to Sportsmail about the famous triumph, Shearer said: '[Man United] were gunning for us. There was pressure being put on us and Fergie was a master at that, wasn't he? We got off to a decent start at Anfield. We should have scored in the second half. But we didn't and we were punished.
'There was only three or four seconds when I thought: "We've lost it". Then all of a sudden, the whole of Anfield started going mad. That's when we knew we'd won it.'
1995-96 - United hold firm against Newcastle
Kevin Keegan's Magpies had soared to the top of the table by 12 points in January during a fiercely contested title challenge against Manchester United, but Newcastle fell away under pressure.
They finished on 78 points, with United clinching the trophy on 82 points after beating Middlesbrough 3-0 when Newcastle needed them to lose to have any chance of bouncing back to top spot and seal the title.
As it turned out, Newcastle could do nothing to stop United anyway, as they only managed to draw 1-1 with Tottenham in their final game of the season.
United mounted an impressive comeback from 12 points down against Newcastle to win the 1995-96 title on the last day
Newcastle were left kicking themselves after missing a huge chance to hold off their rivals
For all of Keegan's rallying cries, including the infamous 'I will love it if we beat them', Newcastle simply ran out of steam, as the likes of David Ginola, Les Ferdinand and Peter Beardsley fell to five defeats in eight games towards the end of the campaign.
That included a 1-0 home loss to United, following on from a 2-1 loss at Old Trafford. What looked initially as a mammoth task for United ended up being a relatively comfortable job on the final day.
1998-99 - Man United comeback stuns Arsenal
The famous treble winning season for United.
United had to work for all three of their trophies that year - having lifted the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League - and it was the Gunners who ran them close for the title.
It was Arsene Wenger's men who looked most likely to scoop the domestic crown when United were held by Liverpool thanks to a late equaliser from their former player Paul Ince.
United's dominance continued as they seized the 1998-99 crown ahead of Arsenal in their famous treble-winning campaign
With three games to go, Arsenal were in the driver's seat, but a 1-0 loss away at Leeds United meant the pendulum swung back to Old Trafford ahead of the final day.
It meant United simply had to beat Tottenham in the Premier League finale, a team they often beat with ease - and they duly came up with a result again as David Beckham and Andy Cole found the net as United came from 1-0 down to clinch their fifth top flight title in seven years.
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1-0 in their final fixture but missed out on the title by one point, with United finishing on 79.
2007-08 - United beat Wigan to see off Chelsea
Manchester United were at the DW Stadium knowing a victory would be enough to keep Chelsea's hands off the Premier League and win it for the second time in a row.
The Blues, at home to Bolton, grew twitchy after news of Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half strike from the penalty spot. But their dreams of reclaiming the league crown took a boost when Andriy Shevchenko poked home with half an hour left.
But back at Wigan, United deflated those hopes as Ryan Giggs slotted home for goal No 2 and wrapped up the title.
Manchester United saw off Chelsea to be crowed 2007-08 champions after beating Wigan
Chelsea, meanwhile, stumbled at home to Bolton as Avram Grant's men could only draw 1-1
And to compound the blow for Avram Grant's men, they weren't even left with the consolation of finishing level on points with the Red Devils – Matty Taylor's stoppage-time strike squirmed past a host of bodies and into the net to round off a bad day for Chelsea.
United ended up with 87 points after 27 wins, eight draws and
