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The league title already seems done and dusted. Even the accumulated neuroses of 30 years without a championship surely cannot derail Liverpool now: With 17 games of the season remaining, its lead after Saturday’s 1-0 win at Tottenham is 16 points with a game in hand over Leicester and 17 points over the champion Manchester City, and the questions are about what additional achievements it may rack up. An unbeaten season to match Arsenal’s in 2003-04 and a 100-point season to match Manchester City’s the season before last are both within reach.
It doesn’t take much of course for a team to slip from apparent invincibility to stuttering awkwardness.