With Mohamed Salah back in the locker room, shaken by a heavy head knock, it fell to his replacement to score the crucial goal.

Divock Origi glanced home an 86th-minute header to earn Liverpool a 3-2 win at Newcastle United on Saturday and lift Juergen Klopp's side back above Manchester City and into the lead by two points.

The pressure is back on the champions, who host in-form Leicester City on Monday needing a victory to keep the destiny of the title in their own hands heading into the last round.

"Unbelievable," Klopp said, after uttering an expletive live on British television.

With shows of resilience seemingly every week, Liverpool and City are bringing the best out of each other in a title race neither team deserves to lose.

Liverpool have 94 points, a tally that would have been good enough to win the title in all but two seasons since the introduction of the Premier League in 1992.

The Reds have lost just once in the league, 2-1 at City in January.

It still might not be enough, though.

If City win their two games - they finish with a match at lowly Brighton & Hove Albion - the league trophy will be staying at Etihad Stadium.

It remains to be seen if Salah is in good enough shape to play Liverpool's final match, at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, though the early indications are encouraging.

The Egypt forward, one of Liverpool's first-half scorers, was carried off on a stretcher in the 73rd minute after smashing the back of his head on the ground following a collision with Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.

Salah, the league's top goal scorer with 22, appeared to be in tears at one point and covered his face with his hands as he was taken off the field.

Klopp said after the game, however, that Salah watched the end of the match and was "OK," despite receiving a "proper knock to the head."

At the other end of the Premier League, there'll be no last-day battle for survival this season, with Cardiff becoming the third and final team to be relegated after losing to Crystal Palace 3-2.

Champions League spots behind Liverpool and City remain up for grabs after Tottenham Hotspur had two men sent off and conceded an injury-time goal to lose 1-0 at Bournemouth.

The defeat kept Spurs in third place, two points ahead of Chelsea, four ahead of Arsenal, and five clear of Manchester United.

Fulham's Harvey Elliott became the youngest player to play in the EPL at the age of 16 years and 30 days when he came on after 88 minutes of the 1-0 loss to seventh-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers while West Ham United cruised past Southampton 3-0.

Australian Associated Press