Since Shankly, via Paisley, Dalglish and Benítez,
Liverpool have had several outstanding sides. But how do they measure up?Statistically, this is likely to be Liverpool’s greatest league season, which for a club with 18 championships is no small achievement. The only season that could conceivably beat this one came last year, when they did not win the title – a reminder that statistics must always be considered in context. Greatness lies not only in numbers.
And in a world in which
Juventus can dispense with their manager after five successive league titles, and
Barcelona sack theirs after two straight titles while top of the table, in which 95+ points has come to seem standard for a
Premier League champion, it’s as well to be aware that domination of a domestic league does not mean quite the same thing that it did in the past.