It may have taken them nearly thirty years, but Liverpool, lead by the enigmatic German, Jurgen Klopp, and captained by a player Alex Ferguson once turned down for having an unusual running style, Jordan Henderson, has been crowned champions of England for the first time since 1991.
Last year the reds recorded a record 97-point haul in the Premier League but were still beaten to the title by a Manchester City team that beat them there by one point. Liverpool lost just one game on their way to their 97 point total: a total which eclipses Mourinho’s 04-05 Chelsea team (95 points) and Wenger’s Invincible squad of 03-04 (90 points).
Many expected that which such a gut wrenching end to the 18-19 season Liverpool would see a drop off that would inevitably see them lose the 19-20 season title to a formidable City squad once again. But they were wrong.
Liverpool put their foot on the gas from the very first game whilst City struggled to maintain their domestic dominance. After Liverpool hosted City at Anfield in November, beating them 3-1, they had established an eight-point lead against the Cityzens and were yet to lose a Premier League game.
Celebrations were heard far and wide across Liverpool that day but few could admit that an eight point gap was enough for Liverpool to sit comfortably on. Not when being pursued by a Pep Guardiola led team that had achieved a 100-point tally the season previously.
Fast forward to the return of the premier league after a three month hiatus due to COVID-19 and Liverpool had to secure just 6 points from their final 9 games to secure the title from City.
After a spluttering return to football with a 0-0 draw at Goodison, they hammered Crystal palace 4-0 at Anfield to place the pressure back on City who had to go play away to Chelsea, and had to come away with nothing short of a win to keep any title chances alive. Instead, City crumbled at Stamford Bridge, gifting a penalty to Chelsea with a goal line handball that secured a 2-1 victory for the London side.
That win handed Liverpool their first League title in nearly thirty years and finally lifted a curse that had been hanging over LFC fans since the early nineties. The reds now sit on 19 top-flight titles, just one behind Manchester United.