Is it the greatest rivalry in the history of football? The head to head between Manchester City and Liverpool undoubtedly suggests so.
Since the Merseyside club emerged under Jurgen Klopp as genuine title contenders at the start of 2018, just a single point divides these two colossal teams in four seasons of epic combat. The stats are remarkable: in those four years, from the start of the 2018-19 season, Liverpool have played 144 league games, and taken 337 points. City, in the same number of games, have 338 points.
It is staggering: it equates to 90 points a season each over four campaigns. In the entire history of the Premier League outside these two titans, only Chelsea, three times, and Manchester United, once, have ever taken more than 90 points. And it is this incredible rivalry, this epic battle, which prompts Jurgen Klopp to suggest the two teams have inspired each other to unprecedented heights.
