HOW STATS STACK UP
even though the Reds recorded the third-highest points total in English top-flight history.
How did that not crush them, make Jurgen Klopp’s side believe they would never win the title? How did they come back even stronger, when that seemed impossible?
Two reasons, said Robertson: confidence and belief – instilled by a special triumph.
He said: “It was the Champions League final. We’d got the hurt of the Premier League, and if we had to go home after the last game of the season against Wolves that would have been really tough. But the fact is, we took the next step. Winning the Champions League made us champions, it made us winners and we got the feeling for it.
“That’s why we came back in pre-season as if this year was going to be our year for the Premier League, that we were going to make it our year for the league and we were going to go out and do it.
“We just felt we were going to show everyone we can win the league, could go again and get the better of Man City this time.
“And we did that from the get-go. From day one we showed it against Norwich at home and we have continued that. We’ve probably been in a league of our own this season.”
For the understated Robertson, that is... well, an understatement.
Manchester United .................. 20 Liverpool ................................... 19 Arsenal ...................................... 13 Everton ........................................ 9 Aston Villa ................................... 7 Chelsea ....................................... 6 Manchester City ......................... 6 Sunderland .................................. 6 MOST DIFFERENT DECADES WON TOP-FLIGHT TITLE
Team Decades Total
8 Liverpool 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s
7 Arsenal 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s 7 Everton 1890s,1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s 7 Manchester United 1900s, 1910s, 1950s, 1960s,1990s, 2000s, 2010s
4 Aston Villa 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1980s
4 Sunderland 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1930s
BIGGEST GAPS IN YEARS BETWEEN TOP-FLIGHT TITLES
81 Blackburn Rovers 1913-14 to 1994-95
71 Aston Villa 1909-10 to 1980-81 50 Chelsea 1954-55 to 2004-05 44 Manchester City 1967-68 to 2011-12
41 Manchester United 1910-11 to 1951-52
39 Burnley 1920-21 to 1959-60 31 Manchester City 1936-37 to 1967-68
30 Liverpool* 1989-90 to 2019-20
EARLIEST TOP-FLIGHT TITLE WINS, GAMES REMAINING
7 Liverpool 2019-20
5 Manchester United 1907-08 5 Everton 1984-85
5 Manchester United 2000-01 5 Manchester City 2017-18 4 Newcastle United 1908-09 4 West Bromwich Albion 1919-20 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1929-30 4 Arsenal 1947-48
4 Nottingham Forest 1977-78 4 Liverpool 1987-88
4 Manchester United 1999-00 4 Arsenal 2003-04
4 Manchester United 2012-13 31 Trent Alexander-Arnold, Roberto Firmino, Virgil van Dijk 30 Gini Wijnaldum
29 Andy Robertson
28 Sadio Mane
27 Jordan Henderson, Mo Salah 23 Divock Origi, Alex OxladeChamberlain
22 Alisson, Fabinho
21 Joe Gomez
19 James Milner
15 Adam Lallana
11 Naby Keita, Adrian
10 Dejan Lovren
9 Joel Matip
6 Xherdan Shaqiri
5 Takumi Minamino
2 Harvey Elliott, Curtis Jones 1 Neco Williams
Winning the champions League turned us into a team of winners.. we got the feeling for it