There is an almost comic irony about the fact that Liverpool set a new record for wrapping up the Premier League in the shortest time during a season that will go down in history as the longest ever.
When Manchester City lost to Chelsea on Thursday night it meant Liverpool had won the league with seven games left. This eclipsed the previous record of fives games to spare which had been held by Manchester United for nearly twenty years.
United remain the experts of the early season wrap up though, as they have won the title with five games to spare once, and four games to spare twice. The Arsenal Invincibles also managed to win the title with four games to spare while Chelsea have twice won with three games left.
Other records up for grabs
The next question is how many records Liverpool will go on to break this season? If they keep the accelerator on they will smash Manchester City’s record of 100 points in a season, getting closer to 104 or 105 points. They can even afford to slow down and still break the record. Currently their points per game is 2.77, and they only need to maintain a 2.14 average to collect over 100 points.
Whether they break 100 or not, you would expect them to maintain the new trend in the Premier League of 90+ points required to be champions. Since 2016/17 the average winning points total is 97, compared to 85 for the early part of the last decade.
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