Liverpool's 3-3 draw at Crystal Palace reduced players and fans to tears as it dawned on them, painfully and belatedly, it is unlikely to be their year in the Premier League title race.
Dispelling the myth neutrals want Liverpool to win the league, the reaction on social media websites was one of schadenfreude, as opposition supporters laughed heartily at Luis Suárez concealing his tears, before Sky Sports' cameras switched to Kopites blubbering on the Selhurst Park terraces.
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