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On 12th May, 2019, one of the closest Premier League seasons in the last decade came to a thrilling end. With their 4-1 away win at Brighton, Manchester City became the 2018-2019 Premier League Champions, edging out Liverpool by a solitary point.
By doing so, Manchester City become the first team to retain the Premier League title in nearly a decade. The last team to do so were Manchester United (2006-2007, 2007-2008 and 2008-2009) when they set the record for being the first club to win the Premier League title three consecutive seasons in a row.
While there may be a few records in the Premier League that look unbreakable such as Arsenal's "invincible season" (2003-2004) and Leicester City defying all odds to lift the title (2015-2016), there are many records that are broken year-after-year.
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Over the past decade or so, Manchester City have been the biggest record-breakers in the league. City winning 32 out of their 38 Premier League games this season is not a record as they achieved the feat in the 2017-18 campaign as well.
Before we get into this season's records, let's just highlight some of last season's most notable records.
Manchester City set the Premier League points tally record after a 100-point season. No other club until then had hit the 'centurion'. They also set the record for the earliest title win, biggest winning margin, most consecutive Premier League wins, most consecutive away wins, most opponents beaten, highest away possession percentage, fewest minutes trailed & best goal difference. There are a few more but you get this gist.
Long story short, with another record-shattering season, it's safe to say that Manchester City are dominating English football at the moment.
The three records that we will be covering in this article are a lot more neutral but that doesn't mean that Manchester City weren't involved in them yet again.
#1 97 points picked up by Liverpool this season is the highest point tally secured by a runners-up club
With 97 points, Liverpool have set the unfortunate record for the highest points tally secured by a runners-up Premier League club.
Liverpool have had a dream campaign. Invincible at home and only one-away defeat, it looked like this was the year the drought would finally come to an end. However, Manchester City had other ideas. Although it came down to final day, to be honest, if something were to happen on the last day, it would have been nothing short of a miracle. A miracle that all Liverpool fans around the world were hoping for.
Thankfully, after last weeks heroics against Barcelona, the Kop have a much anticipated Champions League final to look forward to. This will be Jurgen Klopp's fourth final in all competitions as a Liverpool manager. Having failed the last three times and entering this year's final as marginal favourites, the pressure is back on Klopp!
#2 Most number of changes at the top of the table - 32
When was the last time the Premier League title was decided on the last day? It was in the 2013-14 season, and interestingly it involved the same two teams - Manchester City and Liverpool.
City had a two-point advantage goinf into the final game, which they won, with Liverpool also winning their encounter against Newcastle United.
This season too, things got heated up at the top. The numbers definitely do back the narrative. The 2018-2019 saw a record number of changes take place at the top of the table (32), topsy-turvy to say the very least. The record before this was 28 times in the 2001-2002 season fought out between Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
Although Manchester City won the league, Liverpool were on top for 16 days more than Manchester City. Interestingly enough, this may feel like deja vu for a lot of the older Liverpool fans. In the 1990-1991 season, Liverpool spent 22 more days at the top of the table than in the 18-19 season (163 days), only to finish second again. A statistic, the Liverpool fans, perhaps would want to forget.
#3 Highest points tally by top two teams combined as well as lowest total defeat of top two teams combined
In 2017-2018, the City 'centurion' season, the record for the highest point tally of the top two teams was set at 181 points.
In the 2018-2019 season, Manchester City and Liverpool have combined to break the record by 14 points, thus setting a new record of 195 points in a season. Manchester City and Liverpool are just one of five Premier League teams with more than 30 wins in a single Premier League season.
While Manchester City had four defeats this season, Liverpool had just one - the all-crucial away defeat at the Etihad. That's a new Premier League record for lowest defeats by the top two in the table. The previous record was held by Chelsea and Manchester United (2004-2005) and Manchester United and Liverpool (2008-2009) with six combined defeats.
