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Are Monaco the Mentality Monsters? Liverpool slip in top ten teams during run-in…

Monaco coach Philippe Clement talks to Aurelin Tchouameni; Liverpool striker Mo Salah.

Monaco finished the strongest of any team in Europe down the home straight. Champions League defeat saw Liverpool slip behind Serie A’s runners-up.

Here are the top 10 strongest performers through the final 10 games of the season in all competitions…

 

1) Monaco – 28 points
Won: 9
Drawn: 1
Lost: 0
Goals for: 25
Goals against: 10
Final finishing position: third in Ligue 1

Monaco finished the season as the most in-form side in Europe’s top five leagues but the concession of a last-gasp equaliser on the final day condemned Philippe Clement’s to third place and the Champions League qualifying play-offs.

 

2) Inter Milan – 27 points
Won: 9
Drawn: 0
Lost: 1
Goals for: 28
Goals against: 10
Final finishing position: second in Serie A, Coppa Italia winners

The one game they lost, at Bologna in calamitous circumstances, cost them another Serie A title.

CATASTROPHIC! 😲

It”s a nightmare for Inter Milan’s second choice goalkeeper, Ionuț Radu.

Could that cost them the Serie A title? pic.twitter.com/7NcXOxiMwZ

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3) Liverpool – 25 points
Won: 8
Drawn: 1
Lost: 1
Goals for: 22
Goals against: 12
Final finishing position: second in Premier League, FA Cup winners, Carabao Cup winners

Defeat in Paris sees Jurgen Klopp’s Mentality Monsters slip below Inter in the run-in table.

 

4) Tottenham – 23 points
Won: 7
Drawn: 2
Lost: 1
Goals for: 25
Goals against: 5
Final finishing position: fourth in Premier League

Tottenham kept their bottle down the run-in to secure fourth spot while Arsenal’s went missing. The Gunners won five and lost five, finishing 38th in this particular table. Spurs also conceded the joint-fewest goals in Europe’s top five leagues.

 

5) AC Milan – 23 points
Won: 7
Drawn: 2
Lost: 1
Goals for: 14
Goals against: 5
Final finishing position: Serie A champions

Milan kept it similarly tight at the back to capitalise on Inter’s slip and secure their first Serie A title since 2011.

 

6) Manchester City – 22…

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