10 things that have happened since Liverpool last won the league title

5) Manchester United dethroned Liverpool as the most successful club in England

Sir Alex Ferguson ensured Manchester United overhauled Liverpool’s 18 league titles before retiring

“My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f***ing perch – and you can print that,” said a delighted Sir Alex Ferguson when Manchester United finally overhauled their arch-rivals with their 19th league title. He would go on to help the Red Devils win a 20th.

And recently, United became the most successful club in England with their 42nd trophy – prompting Liverpool to remove the ‘Most successful club in England’ tag from their Twitter bio.

Since 1990, Liverpool have won only nine major trophies (including three FA Cups and a Champions League trophy). In that time, their North-West Derby rivals have won 13 league titles and five FA Cups and two Champions League titles.

Two of United’s key players were Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. Giggs won 13 titles in all while Scholes won 10, then retired, returned to football and won one more to take his tally to 11 league titles.