It's Friday and time for the look back on the week that have gone. Liverpool is reaching for the trophy while Swansea players are fighting. Read much more about the week in the Friday Five.
Sunday 13th April - Liverpool beats Manchester City
Liverpool took a huge step towards the title on an emotional day at Anfield Road. Raheem Sterling gave the Merseyside club the lead after just six minutes followed up by Martin Skrtel after 26 minutes. Manchester City managed to fight back in the second half by a goal from David Silva before Glen Johnson scored an own goal. However, with 12 minutes left Phillippe Coutinho scored the match winning goal leading to Liverpool's 10th win on the spin. It certainly looks as we have found the Champions, but not if you ask Steven Gerrard.
Tuesday 15th April - Hillsborough disaster anniversary
Liverpool came to a standstill on Tuesday as the city marked the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Church bells across Merseyside rang 96 times at 3.06pm, the exact time the FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was abandoned.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said: "This year marks a pivotal moment in the history of the Hillsborough tragedy and the families' long fight for justice."
"Not only is it the 25th anniversary of the tragedy but we also have the start of fresh inquests into how the 96 lost their lives."
Past and present Liverpool players attended the ceremony as well a number of politicians.
Tuesday 15th April - Swansea in-fight
It emerged, on Tuesday, that Swansea players once again have been in a fight during training. In January it was revealed that Chico Flores had picked up a brick during a row with Monk, back when monk was still active as a player. Just two weeks after Laudrup was sacked. Since then, Monk has taken over as an interim-manager, and now the dressing room has been ripped apart by in-fighting between the players once again. According to the Daily Mail, Monk had organised a training game trying to get the Hull defeat out of the system. However, the plan was undermined by a training ground fight involving not less than six first-team players. To make the situation even worse for Monk, Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins witnessed the clash.
Wednesday 16th April - Gareth Bale goal
No words are needed.
Thursday 17th April - Sepp Blatter with new controversial - but good suggestion
The FIFA-president Sepp Blatter is known for his controversial opinions and suggestions and has never been afraid of saying what he wants. Once again he has come forward with a debatable argument, but in some way it makes sense. Blatter wants to fight racism in football by making it possible to deduct points from the clubs with fans showing racist behaviour. As it is now, FIFA punishes the clubs with a warning, and with several incidents they can issue fines or order the club to play for a closed stadium.
"In the final analysis matches played behind closed doors penalise football. The punishment is unduly excessive. Instead, it is the troublemakers who must be punished. And it is clear to me that the clubs are responsible for the hooligans.
"To my mind there remains only one solution to the problem: sporting sanctions are the only effective punishment. It has to cause the clubs real hurt otherwise nothing will change," Blatter said.
