Falling 5: European giants with dwindling domestic statures

#2 Liverpool

Liverpool's last domestic triumph came in the form of the League Cup during the 2011-12 season

It is always said that for a club to stay at the summit it is important that the club challenge and more importantly win titles. Liverpool have now gone twenty-eight years without winning a league title. Domestic successes though have come in the form of FA Cups, League Cups, and community shields but the holy grail that is the Premier League title still awaits them.

Great players have come and gone within that period, the reds have come close on a few occasions but the finishing touches were missing then. Liverpool remain one of the big guns in English football, a club with immense history and passion. The European triumphs have established that very well, but leave the 2005 Istanbul triumph out and it is just three trophies since that famous night against Milan.

Have Liverpool regressed within that time span? Perhaps not. From what it seems, it's the others that have moved forward and the Merseyside club have just struggled to keep pace with them. The dominance has dwindled and with squads that cannot be termed as world class, challenging for the league has been difficult. Enough money has been spent on acquiring talent from around the world, but the results have been constantly missing.

The inconsistency, from what it seems remains prevalent both on and off the pitch. A question that comes to one's mind is that can Liverpool still be called a "top" club if they fail to win the league for a few more seasons at least? While the answer to that might be subjective, one thing remains certain. The respect and power the club possesed will certainly cease to exist if Liverpool fail to win a league title soon.