Top 10 club football teams of the decade (2010-2019)

#5 Liverpool (2018-present)

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League Final

Of all the teams mentioned in this list, Liverpool has arguably had the most topsy-turvy decade. The club started the decade with a talented and promising set of players but descended into chaos over the years. Their astonishing rise from the ashes under an irrepressible Jurgen Klopp is one of the stories of the decade.

Klopp was appointed by Liverpool in 2015 to inculcate a sense of direction in the club. The German's Liverpool project took some time to bear fruit and after two quiet years, the Reds took the footballing world by storm in the 2018/19 season.

The acquisitions of Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk, in retrospect, were the best pieces of business done by the club this past decade. With newfound defensive solidity and a menacing front three of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and Roberto Firmino, Liverpool's gegenpressing under Klopp culminated in an incredible and groundbreaking season. The club lost out on the Premier League to Manchester City by the narrowest of margins, but there was no such shortfall in Europe.

After a 14-year wait, Liverpool lifted the Champions League in the 2018/19 season. The 2005 campaign saw an incredible comeback in the final match of the competition, and Klopp's team added weight to the belief that none of Liverpool's successful European campaigns are complete without an astonishing comeback.

Liverpool had their fair share of chances at the Camp Nou in the semi-finals but lost 3-0 to a Lionel Messi masterclass. The second leg at Anfield has gone down in history as one of the greatest Champions League comebacks of all time. A 4-0 victory over Barcelona, driven in large part by Georginio Wijnaldum, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Divock Origi, took Liverpool to the final of the showpiece event where they steamrolled Tottenham to lift the coveted trophy.

Liverpool is arguably the best team in the world at the moment and is unbeaten in the Premier League for over a year. Jurgen Klopp was appointed to bring the Premier League back to Anfield and the much-awaited triumph is seeming increasingly likely this season with every passing game.

Starting XI: Alisson Becker; Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold; Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum; Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino