Liverpool finished a memorable domestic season with a 3-1 win over Wolves at Anfield - although on a rollercoaster of a final day, that wasn't quite enough to turn the title race, with Manchester City eventually beating Aston Villa at the Etihad 3-2 to be crowned champions by a point
The Reds never hit top spot but incredibly looked primed to go on and pull off a historic triumph when they were level on points with City, after recovering from Pedro Neto's shock opener with a Sadio Mane strike and Villa going 2-0 up in Manchester
With Philippe Coutinho on the scoresheet at the Etihad and Steven Gerrard in the dugout as Villa boss, it seemed Liverpool's old guard were delivering the favours the Reds' supporters had dreamed of
Anfield was electric at that point but City brilliantly fought back to win the race for the crown
Golden-boot winner Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson struck late on to ensure it was at least victory on the pitch for Liverpool, with their supporters paying tribute to a side which has lifted the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this season and closed what was once a 14-point deficit with two games in hand on City in January with a remarkable 19-game unbeaten run
It was also some send off for a Liverpool team who now look ahead to Saturday's Champions League final with Real Madrid in Paris, where more glory and silverware beckons, although the unprecedented quadruple is now out of their reach
The win means Liverpool finish their Premier League campaign with 92 points, enough to win the title in 24 of the previous 29 seasons, while 23-goal Salah shared the top scorer prize with Heung-Min Son of Tottenham and Alisson finished tied with City's Ederson for the golden glove with 20 shutouts
The victory also secures an unbeaten season at home for Liverpool, for the fourth time in five years, with Wolves losing an 11th Premier League game in a row against the Reds
Bruno Lage's side have failed to win any of their final seven matches but finish 10th, with six points more than last season
A fog of red flares had greeted the team buses outside Anfield before kick-off but Wolves hadn't read the script, with Raul Jimenez exploiting a gaping space left by Ibrahima Konate to cross for Neto to slot in a shock opener for the visitors
 It was the Wolves' supporters turn to be heard, with a gold flare delaying the re-start
Liverpool's response was unsurprisingly intense, with Joel Matip heading wide and Luis Diaz seeing a penalty shout waved away before crossing through the six-yard box
 But Leander Dendoncker exposed the hosts' defence again and should have made it 2-0 when Matip gave the ball away on halfway
An injury to Neto on 20 minutes was a major blow for Wolves given the problems he'd caused early on and Liverpool were back level moments after he was subbed off, with a wonderful flick from Thiago sending Mane through to slot in his 16th of the season
 "That's out of this world from Thiago," said Sky Sports' Jamie Carragher
Robertson volleyed over and Thiago shot wide as Liverpool pressed for a second and the atmosphere hit a whole new level when news of Matty Cash's opener for Aston Villa at Man City filtered through
 But still the Reds looked vulnerable, with Alisson having to save from sub Hwang Hee-Chan
Thiago was forced off with injury on the stroke of half-time and replaced by James Milner but Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa also needed to be changed at the break, with John Ruddy coming on
 The replacement shot-stopper was beaten inside five minutes, with Mane slotting home again, although VAR spotted a clear offside
Liverpool continued to pile forwards, with a fierce Diaz strike decking Conor Coady, and Salah was sent on to bolster the attack
 Trent Alexander-Arnold drew a good stop from Ruddy and a superb tackle from Willy Boly denied Salah
 News of Coutinho's goal sent Liverpool hands onto Liverpool heads in disbelief
 It was on - they just needed a goal
 An Alexander-Arnold's drive was blocked as Liverpool continued to bang at the door
But then it all changed around, with Ilkay Gundogan, Rodri, and then Gundgoan again unbelievably switching the title race back into City's favour with a three-goal salvo
Salah grabbed his golden-boot sharing goal to give Liverpool hope - and there were celebrations when a false report of a Villa equaliser spread around the stadium
 However, by the time Robertson made it 3-1 there was an acceptance Liverpool were going to fall just short in this race
But two out of three trophies ain't bad
 And if they can make it three out of four on Saturday, then this will really be a special season to remember
"The boys have played an incredible season
 The whole journey
 Its absolutely exceptional
 The game today said so much about these boys
 We conceded an early goal which gave us a knock
 We didn't play football like we usually play
 We had to take Thiago off early
 And then you still find a way, it's outstanding
 Ninety-two points is crazy
"It was clear before the game a lot of things had to happen [for Liverpool to win the title]
 Congratulations to Man City, Pep Guardiola, their players
 We were close but in the end not close enough
"Thiago is not good but I can't say more
 He was outside with his family with his little girl on his shoulders so he could walk which was a good sign
 We want to wait until we know more about it
"I wasn't really aware of [the City score changes]
 In my mind it was 1-0
 I don't know all the story
 There was one moment when it was 3-2 then I don't know why we thought they'd equalised again
 That was a good moment ! But then everyone went, 'ah nothing happened'
"The season was so close, so tight
 Moments, decisions, these kind of things
 What I've learnt about life is if you stay on track and keep going you get your rewards
 Not today, but we will get it
"This season is incredible and will end next week
 It's tough
 The early goal didn't help
 We have five days to prepare for the Champions League final
 We face an incredibly experienced team but that's OK
 Losing the league today increased the desire to put it right next week
""It was a tough afternoon
 We didn't play particularly well or as well as we can
 We went a goal behind and it was never easy, there were a few nerves today
 We came through really well, scored some good goals and found a way to win
 I didn't know what the score was [at Man City] and there were too many cheers from our fans and the Wolves fans
 I lost count! We tried to focus on what we needed to do and win the game
"We have been in this position before
 It is tough when you're hearing cheers and Wolves are a good side and we knew they would make it difficult
 We always believe that we can find a way and we certainly found a way to get three points
 It wasn't enough