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consolation, but Liverpool missing out on their first title since 1990 alleviated one headache on Merseyside. The local police force was bracing itself for more than a million people to descend on the city for a victory parade had Jurgen Klopp’s men lifted the Premier League trophy, an event which would have demanded a hugely expensive security and logistical operation. Neighbours Everton’s congratulatory Twitter post to Manchester City, meanwhile, was comfortably the club’s most popular social media post of the season. Nothing like rubbing it in.