It was one of the Premier League's most iconic moments: May 2014 and Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's heroic captain, finally lifts the Premier League trophy alongside manager Brendan Rodgers, who ended the club's quarter-century wait to become champions of England once again. What a story.
England's fallen giants were back on their perch, and Gerrard, the greatest player never to win a title medal, was able to put the seal on a glorious career with the one major honor missing from his collection. Except it didn't happen. Just like Jose Mourinho winning his fourth Premier League title with Manchester United didn't happen four years later.
Perhaps in a parallel universe Liverpool are listed as 2013-14 Premier League champions and United in 2017-18, but in the real world, Manchester City came out on top on both occasions and on many more. But did they really?