(CNN) -- The writing was on the wall for Liverpool.
Some 25 years after the stadium disaster that cost the lives of 96 supporters, the club is marching towards its first English title since the season immediately following that tragedy at Hillsborough.
The team's players could understandably be nervous about the prospect of ending such a long wait for Liverpool's next championship -- its 19th overall and first since the advent of the Premier League.
But, after title rival Chelsea stumbled on Saturday, Brendan Rodgers' side showed no such anxiety in dispatching struggling Norwich 3-2 to move five points clear at the top of the table.