Liverpool can still win Premier League title as 'worst champions' tag proves laughable
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Despite being the subject of ridicule from rival fans this season, Liverpool is still mathematically in the running for the Premier League title, which doesn't reflect well on whoever does become the eventual championLiverpool could still mathematically beat Arsenal or Manchester City to the title this season(Image: Getty Images)There’s no escaping the fact that Liverpool has been poor this season. Unbelievably, the manner of Arsenal’s collapse means the Reds aren’t even out of the running.READ MORE: How many points Liverpool needs to qualify for Champions League after Chelsea lossREAD MORE: Bayern Munich chief addresses Michael Olise 'discussions' after Liverpool transfer linksCurrently sitting on 55 points, Liverpool’s maximum points tally for this season is 70 points.
Both City and Arsenal will certainly pick up more points, ending the faintest of faint hopes for Liverpool.Still, it does paint the Reds’ title defense and last season’s triumph in a slightly different light. They claimed just another two points in that final run-in to finish on 84 points — a total that neither City nor Arsenal will reach if either of them drop any points from here.And as for this season’s title defense, yes, it has been a poor showing from Slot’s side, but it’s also not the complete disaster that some might have you believe.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.
As bad as that sounds, it’s still a long way off Chelsea’s title defense in 2015/16, when the Blues finished 31 points behind champions Leicester, which only amassed 81 points itself.And the Foxes’ defense the following season was even worse as they finished 49 points off the eventual champions — ironically Chelsea again. Liverpool will get nowhere near that level, so to brand it the worst champion is simply laughable.Although he hasn’t quite gone that far, Roy Keane has nevertheless laid into the Reds on more than one occasion this season, dubbing them “bad champions.”While that might be true, the fact that Liverpool still mathematically remains in the running for this season’s title at this late stage reflects so poorly on whoever takes the crown.