I still wonder whether Aston Villa can resist Manchester City somehow and even get ahead by a surprising goal too. In this kind of critical games, teams that play for the championship can come across this kind of unexpected situations. Manchester City's unforgettable Stoke game in the past is a good example for that. Manchester City won that one then but if they have a similar scenario again now we never know what can happen. Maybe they might not be able to do the same which would give a big opportunity to Liverpool too. But I still think Manchester City will be the champions.
No they can't, they won't.
Manchester City will be Champions of England premier league tommorow.
Liverpool will be second runner's, they should focus more on the champions league.
Though odds favours Man City to defeat Aston Villa today, playing at home and their consistency in winning their previous matches is another added advantage, however they shouldn't underrate and should be very cautious of Aston Villa at this point in time, with Steven Gerald who is a former Liverpool player as their manager, might deploy a defensive tactics just to thwart City's bid in winning the trophy afterall Aston Villa is not aiming or vying for any top 4 position, recall the match between West Ham vs Man City the former nearly cause an upset in they defeated City that day.
To be honest, there is no way to stop Manchester City they are getting ready to celebrate today's victory complete package if they can celebrate at home
Steven Gerrard may have Liverpool backing to stop Man city whether it's a bonus offer or something else but Gerrard realized that he couldn't do much
except playing defense like you said but it's not a safe way against Manchester city who are aiming for the title.