City and Liverpool set new standards with 'fusion football'

Soccer Football - Manchester City Premier League Title Celebrations - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - May 12, 2019 Manchester City players celebrate winning the Premier League with the trophy Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Manchester City retained their Premier League crown on Sunday, pipping Liverpool to the title by a single point, but while the remarkable numbers of this campaign tell their own story this season was about much more than just consistent point accumulation.

Pep Guardiola's City and Juergen Klopp's Liverpool achieved their results playing brands of entertaining, attacking and positive football that have set a new standard in the English -- and indeed European -- game.