I’d seen enough of Liverpool this season by the start of August. They were a class above Manchester United in a South Carolina friendly and my attention would focus on what was going wrong at the right end of the East Lancashire Road rather than what was going right in Liverpool.

Liverpool have been crowned Premier League champions after a 5-1 win over Tottenham on Sunday, securing their 20th league title.

Liverpool's second Premier League title is their 20th English top-flight title overall, moving them level with Manchester United as the joint-most. The Reds have guaranteed their Premier League title with four games remaining – only three sides have ever been confirmed winners with more matches left to play and Liverpool themselves hold the record of seven in 2019-20.