The advantage of Liverpool FC over Manchester City in the Premier League race

Joe Cole believes fans at Anfield could help propel Liverpool to the Premier League title this season.

The Reds are following Manchester City on goal difference, but could top the standings next weekend against Manchester United against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

While there are 12 games remaining in the Premier League this season, a first league title in 29 years is so tight, but there are still many hurdles to overcome, with the shock between the United States being the first of these.

Liverpool will also have to keep its cool during the last weeks of the title race, which they failed to do five years ago, while the Reds were two points behind Manchester City.

We talked a lot about the pressure of the title race, especially two unimpressive draws with Leicester City and West Ham.

But after winning three Premier League titles during his stay at Chelsea and two and a half seasons at Anfield, Cole believes fans have a vital role to play in the coming months.

"This is an incredible club, the history of the venue and the proximity of the fans, they are linked to their club by various things that have happened over the years," he said on the official website of the Premier League.

"The intensity and pressure of being a Liverpool player living in the city center. My time there was not a success, but when you win a match and you do it well, they raise you.

"The whole club is intimately linked to the city and its history. It could work in two ways and that is how Klopp earns his money now, how will he manage that? "

He continued: "Brendan Rodgers has approached the question, will they learn lessons from the stumbling blocks? When they played Chelsea towards the end of this season and they probably made a mistake, they only needed a draw.

"If I'm Jurgen Klopp, I'm sitting and maybe I'm calling Brendan. What would you do? That's how you should be, Jurgen Klopp is in a unique position where he can win the championship for the first time.

"The place will go crazy for the next few weeks and he has to manage it. Is he as good a manager as we all believe? We will see."