If Liverpool win the Champions League, they probably are the best team in Europe. They've beaten Bayern and Barcelona (in quite the most dramatic fashion anyone has ever seen) and are neck and neck with City. In fact, they've only lost once all season compared to City's four times. If City win the league then they will have deserved it but in reality there's nothing to separate them. However, most neutrals believe Liverpool are the better team because they've beaten the cream of Europe whereas City have regularly fallen, year after year.