Jurgen Klopp will send his Liverpool team onto the pitch in their ongoing pursuit of the Premier League title against relegated Huddersfield on Friday knowing he has already rewritten the club’s record books.
The only question that remains in their neck-and-neck race with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City is whether that will be sufficient to end his club’s 29-year wait for an English league crown.
Last weekend’s victory at struggling Cardiff took Liverpool to 88 points, the most they have ever recorded in the Premier League era, and has them on course to finish with an astonishing 97 points should they win their remaining three games.
With the exception of the 100 points amassed by City in winning the championship 12 months ago, no other team in Premier League history has ever notched as many as 97 points, regardless of their finishing position.
Even Liverpool’s current tally of 88 points would have been enough to have finished first in 14 of the 26 seasons…
