Next year will be our year.
Liverpool fans have uttered that phrase so often it's become a verbal stick to beat them with.
Still, when they lifted the old Division One crown on April 28, 1990, few expected a title drought to follow. It is coming up for 27 years since that 18th and last championship. This year threatened to be their year—Jurgen Klopp's squad were Chelsea's nearest challengers at the start of 2017—but a dreadful January put paid to all the title talk.
Now the Reds are fighting hard just to finish in the top four, with a possible return to the UEFA Champions League a solid enough consolation prize.