The finest minds on Merseyside had been poring over the math for weeks: Which day would Liverpool cap its historic season and clinch its first English league championship in 30 years? The club had a 25-point lead in the standings. No one was going to catch it. So as the weeks passed and Liverpool kept running away from the pack, the date for the party became abundantly clear. Liverpool would most likely seal the title with a victory over 11th-place Crystal Palace on March 21—a picture-perfect spring afternoon, at home.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 14, 2020 16:27 UTC