There comes a moment in every Premier League season when you think, “That’s it. That is where the title was won or lost”. For Liverpool, you cannot avoid the feeling it may arrive this week.

Jurgen Klopp leads his team to Old Trafford this weekend and Goodison Park next Sunday – two of the biggest games in any season, where the stakes are even higher this year. If the title is still in Liverpool’s hands after the next eight days – and they continue to fight off Manchester City – this is a week everyone at Anfield will look to when re-telling the story of the campaign. If not, and City go on to retain their crown, Liverpool greatest rivals will feel they have salvaged something precious and memorable from their own, generally underwhelming campaign. They will have cause to celebrate a massive contribution to stopping Liverpool winning the league.

For all the recent, premature talk about increasing pressure, or even nervousness in the title race, the decisive twist is yet to come. Including Liverpool's forthcoming home game with Watford, these are the sequences of fixtures that stand out as being potentially defining.

Go through any season, particularly those where two or three clubs are in contention heading towards March, and you can pick out a game where you saw momentum swing irreversibly in the direction of the eventual champions.