A week or so after Liverpool lifted the European Cup last June, a conversation with a figure who holds significant influence across the corridors of Anfield left me surprised by the height of the clubs ambition.

The Premier League had to be the next target, I suggested which, of course it was, even if that involved the enormous challenge of overhauling Manchester City. I was reminded, however, that there was room for even greater improvement and the big aim involved gathering both domestic and European footballs grandest prizes in the same season. Liverpool, after all, had been only two points away from achieving that feat in 2018-19.

Id always imagined Liverpool winning a first league title since 1990 in the most dramatic of circumstances. In nearly all of the other competitions where success has been realised since the last time the club were domestic champions, that is largely the way it has been delivered.

In 2001, Arsenal were close to being...

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In the age of the unprecedented, this is Liverpool's shot at immortality - The Athletic