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PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Rory McIlroys chip for birdie on No.
18 dropped into the hole, and he dropped to a crouch with
a fierce fist pump. Confident, intense, he looked like
the defending champion at a major, the guy who won the
PGA Championship by a record eight strokes last year.
Ever since McIlroy found himself in danger of missing the
cut midway through his round Friday, that player may have
finally returned. McIlroy shot a 3-under 67 in tougher
conditions Saturday to lift himself to the edge of
contention. He was tied for seventh, six strokes behind
leader Jim Furyk, heading into the final round. "It was
good to feel the sort of rush again," he said. If he can
feel it again Sunday, perhaps this will be the week that
snaps him out of a seasons worth of doldrums. Through 11
holes of his second round, McIlroy was 4 over for the
tournament. The cut wound up at 3 over. Since then, he
has played 25 holes in 7 under. McIlroy was at 1 under
for the tournament when he stepped up to the 17th tee
Saturday. The final two holes have been the toughest to
birdie at Oak Hill this week, but he did it at both,
sinking a long putt on No. 17. "I probably made up at
least 3, 3 1/2 shots on those last two holes," McIlroy
said. "Making a birdie on 17 is like an eagle," he added,
"and then to follow it up with another on the last is
even better." Coming into the day, he did what he always
does when he finds himself in a similar situation: He
reminisced about Quail Hollow in 2010. McIlroy was two
shots over the cut line with three holes to play in the
second round when he made an eagle to stick around for
the weekend. Then he shot 66-62 over the last two days
for his first PGA Tour victory. "It gives me a bit of
confidence knowing that Ive been in that position before
and Ive been able to win," McIlroy said. "I know this is
a major championship and its a bit different, but I felt
good enough about my game that I could go out there and
post a good one today and at least give myself a chance
going into tomorrow." He has yet to win in 2013 and shot
just one round below 70 in his first three majors of the
year. Two days after he appeared headed toward missing
the cut at the second straight major, he has an outside
chance at winning his third. "To play like that on this
golf course and do what I needed to do yesterday just to
make the cut, and then to go out and play the way I did
today, its been a good stretch of holes," McIlroy said.
"Ive got another 18 to play, and hopefully I can just
keep playing the way I am."
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their title dreams extinguished, Liverpools players
circled the pitch inside Anfield Stadium, heads bowed, to
the backdrop of another passionately sung rendition of
club anthem "Youll Never Walk Alone." The final match of
the Reds season could have been a celebration of the most
unlikely championship triumph in Premier League history.
It ended up being a tale of what might have been.
Liverpool came up short Sunday in its bid for a first
league title in 24 years, finishing two points behind
champion Manchester City despite a come-from-behind 2-1
win over Newcastle. Brendan Rodgers team did their part
on what proved to be an anticlimactic last day, passing
the 100-goal mark for the league campaign after near-
identical strikes in the space of two second-half minutes
by Daniel Agger and Daniel Sturridge. That clinched a
club-record 26th league victory. But Liverpool was also
relying on a favour from West Ham at Etihad Stadium,
which was always unlikely to happen. City won 2-0,
keeping the trophy out of Liverpools grasp. "Im
devastated for the fans," Liverpool captain Steven
Gerrard said. "Although weve made them dream, Im
devastated we didnt go that one step more." If there was
any frustration inside Rodgers after the final whistle,
he hid it well. For Liverpool had the destiny of the
title in its hands just three weeks ago, when it beat
Norwich 3-2 for an 11th straight win. Then came a
decisive nine days when Rodgers side lost 2-0 at home to
Chelsea before conceding three goals in the final 11
minutes to draw 3-3 at Crystal Palace. It meant there was
more hope than expectation heading into the Newcastle
match. "We finished the season winning 12 games out of
14," Rodgers said. "So the players have shown incredible
level of consistency and quality in that period ... wed
prefer to finish top, but its a great mark of progress
this season." Anfield has seen previous last-game drama,
with Arsenal winning 2-0 here in 1989 thanks to an
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Journeys famous song "Dont Stop Believin" blared out
before kickoff. But all hope among Liverpool fans was
gone by halftime, with their team 1-0 down thanks to
Martin Skrtels own goal in the 20th minute and City
having virtually guaranteed finishing first by going 1-0
up against West Ham. After a poor first half, Liverpool
steeled itself to finish the season on a high, with
Gerrard crossing for Agger to volley in after 63 minutes
and then producing a similar delivery for Sturridge to
tap in at the far post. It was all in vain. "When we went
in front and there was no roar from the crowd, I realized
the story was elsewhere," Rodgers said. Having started so
positively, Newcastle imploded after the break in
conceding two quick goals and then seeing Shola Ameobi
and Paul Dummett both sent off. Ameobi received two
yellow cards in 10 seconds for dissent as he argued with
the referee about fouls in the build-up to Liverpools
goals, before Dummett departed after a high challenge on
Luis Suarez. Sunday was all about Liverpool, though, not
Newcastle. From a seventh-place finish last season,
Liverpool almost achieved what many considered
impossible. "The word now is belief -- belief that we can
be up there challenging," said Rodgers, who read out to
his squad before the match a letter from a young fan
called Ben -- sent before the start of the season --
which urged the players to believe they could win the
title. "Probably at the time, the players and maybe the
staff all thought the letter was maybe far-fetched,"
Rodgers added. "But I truly believe we could progress.
"For us, its been a wonderful campaign of growth and
development." The Premier League remains elusive to the
33-year-old Gerrard, who sees hope for the future. "I
thought my days of title races had gone," he said, "but
having played with this group of players this year the
dream is back. Although Ive only got a couple of years
left I still believe I can get there."
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