After Jurgen Klopp said it may take 105 points to win the Premier League, we analyse the title-winning tallies of previous seasons.
Goals by Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dijk saw Liverpool win and move to 48 points, the third highest total by a team at this stage of a Premier League season.
'It's crazy!' said Klopp. 'But there are other teams. City, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal. They will all win as well, I think. So they all have 40 something and that is the season.
'From the front five, nobody is really dropping points. At the end of the season, you are probably going to need 105 to be champion.'
Looking at the stats from the history of the Premier League, Klopp may be far far off the mark as no one has won the champions with 105 points.
Premier League winners’ points tally (season - team - overall total)
1992/93 - Man Utd - 84
1993/94 - Man Utd - 92
1994/95 - Blackburn - 89
1995/96 - Man Utd - 82
1996/97 - Man Utd - 75
1997/98 - Arsenal - 78
1998/99 - Man Utd - 79
1999/00 - Man Utd - 91
2000/01 - Man Utd - 80
2001/02 - Arsenal - 90
2002/03 - Man Utd - 83
2003/04 - Arsenal - 90
2004/05 - Chelsea- 95
2005/06 - Chelsea - 91
2006/07 - Man Utd - 89
2007/08 - Man Utd - 87
2008/09 - Man Utd - 90
2009/10 - Chelsea - 86
2010/11 - Man Utd - 80
2011/12 - Man City - 89
2012/13 - Man Utd - 89
2013/14 - Man City - 86
2014/15 - Chelsea - 87
2015/16 - Leicester - 81
2016/17 - Chelsea - 93
2017/18 - Man City- 100
The highest tally that has won the trophy came from Man City in the 2017/18 campaign where they amassed a huge 100 points, surpassing the previous record set by Chelsea in the 2004/05 season (95).
United also have the lowest ever points tally for a league win, doing so with 75 points in the 1996/97 campaign with Wenger’s Arsenal not far ahead in the following campaign (78).