It's incredible that nobody in this debate mentions at all Liverpool's inconsistency. In his first three seasons they were 21, 17 and 25 points behind the champions. In the next two seasons they managed somehow to be only one point behind and then champions by 18 points. The next season they were 17 points behind the champions and then they were right back one point behind the following season. Last season they were 22 points behind and this year they are right back again.
If they were a greyhound, they would be investigated. But no, in football such inconsistency is lauded as the greatest ever. Bizarre.