It seems Liverpool have picked the wrong year to challenge for the Premier League title.

That might appear a strange statement to make, but the Reds are already one of the greatest teams in the competition's history - collecting 91 points - and could finish in second place.

Jurgen Klopp's men have statistically been better than Manchester United's treble winners, Arsenal's Invincibles and the vast majority of other championship winning sides.

However, Liverpool enter the final two games of the season needing City to drop points and, of course, they will need to keep their own composure against Newcastle and Wolves.

If Liverpool do fall short of the title, supporters will probably blame it on their glut of draws between January and March, which saw them surrender a healthy lead.

Premier League title race

Nevertheless, those particular results aside, there are a number of different variables that would effect the current Premier League standings.

The most obvious one is controversial refereeing decisions and when GiveMeSport looked into the matter in March, it showed that officials had benefitted City more than Liverpool.

The lack of VAR means that those calls were never going to be reversed, but the presence of goal-line technology has certainly played a pivotal role.

Four centimetres of difference

There is no clearer demonstration of the fine margins in football than just how close Liverpool were from scoring at the Etihad and Sergio Aguero was to missing against Burnley.

During Liverpool's defeat to City in January - their only loss of the season - John Stones made a miraculous goal-line clearance where the ball was just 11 millimetres away from going in.

Similarly, at the weekend, Aguero scored the winning goal at Turf Moor with a goal that crossed the line by just 29.5 millimetres. Combine the two and you get just over four centimetres. 

That essentially means that Liverpool have cumulatively been the length of a walnut away from leading the Premier League table.

Assuming that Stones arrived a split second too late and Aguero under-hit his strike by the smallest of margins, the Reds could have boasted a four-point lead.

We could speculate that Liverpool would have drawn 2-2 in Manchester and that the Citizens would have played out a goalless draw at Turf Moor.

This would see Liverpool's points tally elevated to 92, while City's would drop to 88 and the title race would be out of their hands.

In fact, Liverpool would just need to win at St. James' Park and the Premier League title would be theirs one week early.

However, the fact of the matter is that goal-line technology has ensured that the correct decision was made and in turn, highlights the incredibly small margins in football.

It shows that game situations that come down to mere centimetres can have a seismic impact on a season spanning over nine months.

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