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LIVERPOOL, England -- With 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. Originals Superstar NZ ." 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 injury-time goal from Michael Thomas to snatch the title from Liverpool. Twenty-five years on, 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." Adidas NMD R1 Womens NZ . A judge had summoned Clemens and Brian McNamee to federal court in Brooklyn for settlement talks aimed at heading off a trial in the defamation case. McNamees lawyer emerged saying an agreement wasnt likely. "I think this is a case where the lines are deeply drawn in the sand," said attorney Richard Emery. Adidas Alphabounce NZ . Hamels threw seven sharp innings to earn his 100th career victory, Domonic Brown had a career-best five RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-1 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak. http://www.nmdshoesnz.com/adidas-stan-smith-cheap-nz.html . With Washington teammate Nene drawing double-teams coming off his big game against the Lakers, Gortat scored 25 points on 11-of-12 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Wizards to a 100-92 win in overtime over Milwaukee on Wednesday night.Derby look like having an unchanged squad for the visit of East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest in the Championship on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 12pm. Head coach Darren Wassall could be contemplating changes after seeing his side squander a three-goal lead at Rotherham last weekend, with the Millers scoring all their goals in the final eight minutes to snatch a 3-3 draw.The fit-again Jake Buxton is an option in the centre of defence while midfielders Jacob Butterfield and Jamie Hanson and forwards Darren Bent, Nick Blackman and Andreas Weimann will also come into Wassalls thinking. Harry Redknapp says Derby are good enough to get promoted from the Championship to the Premier League this season Will Hughes continues to recover from the serious knee injury he suffered on the opening day of this season. His return to action will now probably be in Shaun Barkers testimonial match at the iPro Stadium on March 24. Highlights from New York Stadium as Rotherham faced Derby in the Sky Bet Championship Forest forward Jamie Ward has declared himself fit enough to be involved against his former club after recovering from a hamstring problem. Adidas Falcon Shoes NZ. .It remains to be seen whether Paul Williams, in charge until the end of the season after Dougie Freedmans departure, will pick the Northern Ireland international but he will have Federico Macheda available after the on-loan striker came through his debut at Hull in midweek unscathed. Highlights of the 1-1 draw between Hull City and Nottingham Forest It had been hoped that midfielder Henri Lansbury (ankle) would be fit but that is looking unlikely, while striker Britt Assombalonga (knee) is not yet ready to feature.Andy Reid (groin), Nelson Oliveira (groin), Daniel Pinillos (knee) and Matty Fryatt (Achilles) all remain out injured and will not play again this season.Watch Derby County v Nottingham Forest live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 12pm on Saturday. ' ' '