Published 6:12 PM , May 12 2019 GMT+1 | Last updated 6:19 PM , May 12 2019 GMT+1 Liverpool have finished the 2018/19 Premier League with 97 points, but Manchester City have pipped them to the title after compiling an even bigger 98 points. Loading… The Reds, with 97 points, would have won the competition in the following seasons; 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Liverpool's final points total of :nine::seven: would have won the PL in 25 of the 27 seasons since the competition started. The only totals higher have been by Man City in the last :two: seasons (100 last season & 98 this season) pic.twitter.com/ZXUBt7KYKi - Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) May 12, 2019 Advert 10 In 2018, Manchester City won the league title at a canter. The Blues recorded a staggering 100 points and they continued that relentless pace into the 2018/19 campaign, racking up a massive 98 points. Image: PA This season, they had the threat of Liverpool who mounted an incredible title bid but the Reds have come up short. One point to be precise. Jurgen Klopp's side lost just one game. ONE game. They suffered their only league defeat at Manchester City in January. Advert 10 And speaking after Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Wolves, Klopp admitted it hurt not being crowned champions of England. "Of course it hurts." "97 points, come on. It's a crazy number. It's the best season I ever played with a team." Jurgen Klopp speaks to @beINSPORTS about his "mixed" emotions as his Liverpool side finish second in the Premier League on 97 points.#beINPL #LIVWOL #YNWA pic.twitter.com/OFWyQeo3DP - beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) May 12, 2019 "Of course it hurts," he said. "97 points, come on. It's a crazy number. It's the best season I ever played with a team." Still, it's a huge improvement from last season. Liverpool finished fourth with 75 points in the 2017/18 term. Advert 10 While Liverpool have failed to raise silverware, several of their players won individual accolades. Virgil van Dijk was named PFA Players' Player of the Year and both Mohamed Salah & Sadio Mane, along with Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, share the Premier League Golden Boot. Alisson has also won the Premier League Golden Glove. The Brazilian stopper recorded an impressive 21 clean sheets in his debut season in England. Is right, Reds. :red_circle:@MoSalah and Sadio Mane win the 2018/19 @premierleague Golden Boot, after netting 22 goals each. :fire: pic.twitter.com/pFWK84aVNh - Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 12, 2019 Advert 10 A brilliant debut season for the Reds. :clap: Our @Alissonbecker wins the @premierleague Golden Glove, with 21 clean sheets. :raised_hands::red_circle: pic.twitter.com/RXABGgmXbm - Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 12, 2019 Klopp, however, still has the chance to win his first trophy for Liverpool. His team face Tottenham in the Champions League final on June 1.<doc-sep>Liverpool fans will be disappointed that their club failed to capture the Premier League title this season, but it's safe to say that Everton fans have no love lost for their city rivals. In fact, it would seem that supporters loved every minute of the Reds missing out on the title, so much so that footage has been posted online of fans reminding Liverpool how they messed up at Goodison Park this season. "You lost the league at Goodison Park," the fans can be heard chanting in the video. Advert 10 Check it out below. If that doesn't rub salt into the wounds, then the Toffees took it one step further when the club's official Twitter account tweeted their congratulations on City winning the title. Ouch. Advert 10 As expected, the fan reaction to Everton's tweet says it all. Advert 10 Despite missing out on the title, Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp said that finishing second in the league was "only the first step." Advert 10 "We wanted to write our own history and we did," he told BBC Sport. "The team made so many big steps in the last year. We made a much bigger jump development-wise. "As long as Manchester City are around with their financial power, no team will pass them easily. We need to be very close to perfection to win the Premier League as long as this is the case." Liverpool ended the season on 97 points, which would have been enough to win the league title in 25 of the past 27 seasons. Advert 10 Was this the best title race in Premier League history?<doc-sep>Liverpool have finished second in the Premier League table on 97 points after Manchester City secured a 4-1 victory away at Brighton on Sunday afternoon. The Reds needed to better City’s result at the Amex Stadium but could only equal it. They defeated Wolves 2-0, with both goals coming from Sadio Mane. For Everton and Manchester United supporters, this was their preferred outcome. The majority of their fanbases made no secret of the fact they didn’t want to see Jurgen Klopp and his players becoming champions of England for the first time since 1990. Everton’s fans who’d travelled to London to watch their final game of the season against Tottenham were over the moon at full-time after seeing that City had denied Liverpool the title. They were filmed euphorically chanting: “You lost the league at Goodison Park”. Watch the footage here… Why are they signing that Liverpool lost the league at Goodison Park? Well, Liverpool last dropped points in the league at Everton’s home ground, back on March 3. Had the Reds won that match, they would now be celebrating with the Premier League trophy. It’s a game of small margins. Liverpool won their last nine games in a row in the league, but City have won their last 14. And it’s Pep Guardiola’s side who are now back-to-back Premier League champions as a result. Everton fans were also heard chanting: "When Tottenham win the cup, we're gonna have a party". Rivalry in football is still alive and well. News Now - Sport News<doc-sep>
Liverpool gave its best effort but ultimately fell short. The Reds finished second in the Premier League standings, falling just one point short of champion Manchester City at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season. The final standings tell one obvious story about the greatest title race in the 27-year history of the Premier League: it was really close. Don't be sad because it's over ? Be astonished because this #PL season really happened… ?#MondayMotivation pic.twitter.com/PbPYlZklzD — Premier League (@premierleague) May 13, 2019 However, these following stats reveal the extent of Liverpool’s excellence over the course of the season and confirm the Reds as the Premier League’s greatest runner-up and perhaps the best second-place finisher in the history of top-flight soccer in England, which dates back to 1888. 97 – Liverpool?s tally of 97 points would have been enough to win the Premier League in all but one of the previous 26 seasons of the competition. Brutal. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 12, 2019 1 – Liverpool became the first team in top-flight history to win as many as 30 games and 97 points in a season and not win the title. Additionally, no side has ever previously lost just one game in a top-flight season and not won the title. Margins. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 12, 2019 Most fans will consider Liverpool’s magical Premier League campaign a success given how far the Reds progressed since 2017-18 and the fact they pushed Manchester City until the final day of the season. Thankfully, the Reds have a chance to finish on a high, as they’ll face Tottenham on June 1 in Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final. Liverpool’s preparations for that game will begin imminently, but it’s worth sparing a thought for the team and applauding its valiant effort to win the domestic title for the first time since 1990. Thumbnail photo via LiverpoolFC.com