Premier League: Arsenal come from behind to beat Liverpool 2 - 1

Arsenal bounced back from a defeat to Tottenham at the weekend with Reiss Nelson scoring the winner against Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp always insisted he did not think, or care, about records. It is just as well then because, on Wednesday night, in the most bizarre fashion, quite a significant one slipped from Liverpool's grasp.


Manchester City's 100 points in a single season from 2017-18. It will stand now. It cannot be beaten, or even matched.

Following this, their third defeat of the season, the most Liverpool can now attain is 99 points.

It's still an incredible feat, of course. It's still the second greatest total in English football history, and the quickest the title has ever been won. Even so, there may be a tinge of disappointment for those devotees who were hoping Klopp's team might erase Pep Guardiola's men from the record books entirely.

Liverpool collapsed at the Emirates after taking the lead to add to their patchy recent form since they secured the league title

At one stage, that looked almost inevitable. Not so long ago, it was thought Liverpool might usurp Arsenal's Invincibles, too.

It just shows how hard this competition is; how hard it is to go a season unbeaten, even with more than a few draws; how hard it is to reach treble figures.

Perhaps Liverpool were just too good, their supremacy too apparent from way out. On average, Premier League champions accrue 0.5 points per game fewer once the deed is done – and Liverpool have had further to travel with their feet up than any team in history