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Why Boris Johnson’s resignation is bad news for Liverpool but good news for London trio

Liverpool lift the Premier League trophy in 2019-2020

How a Premier League table under Boris Johnson's reign as Prime Minster compares to one under Theresa May's.

Boris Johnson's resignation as leader of the Conservative party looks set to bring an end to weeks (months? years?) of speculation surrounding the Prime Minister's position. 

Handily (for comparison purposes anyway), Johnson's reign looks set to span the exact same number of Premier League games as predecessor Theresa May's.
Planet Sport looks at how the 12 Premier League ever-presents in that time performed under each leader, with interesting results.

Liverpool have never had it so good as under Johnson

Manchester City have won two titles under both May and Johnson. However, their points output under the latter is 16 less than they achieved under May. That is despite having scored three more goals in the period.

Liverpool have been the beneficiaries, with a 12-point improvement on their part resulting in them matching Man City for points in the three seasons under Johnson's rule. Surprisingly, despite their points output improving, the 2019/20 Premier League champions actually scored four goals fewer than they had in the previous three-season spell.

Premier League table under Boris Johnson's reign as PM

    P W D L F A Pts
1 Man City 114 82 14 18 284 93 260
2 Liverpool 114 80 20 14 247 101 260
3 Chelsea 114 60 27 27 203 123 207
4 Man Utd 114 55 33 24 196 137 198
5 Tottenham 114 56 24 34 198 132 192
6 Arsenal 114 54 26 36 198 132 186
7 Leicester 114 52 24 38 197 150 180
8 West Ham 114 45 25 44 171 160 160
9 Everton 114 41 24 49 134 170 147
10 Crystal Pal 114 34 33 47 122 162 135
11 Southampton 114 36 27 51 141 195 135
12 Burnley 114 32 32 50 110 158 128
  • Teams that have featured in every Premier League season since 2016/17
Leicester are another team who have flourished while Johnson has been in No.10. The Foxes have taken 180 points from their 114 games since July 2019, an improvement of 37 points on May's tenure.

West Ham have also been making great strides under Johnson, with 160 points coming while he has been PM, 21 more than under May.

On the flip side, Chelsea, Arsenal and, most surprisingly, Tottenham have all seen a big drop-off in their points tally since May was ousted.

Arsenal have taken 22 points fewer, with a drop-off of 58 goals contributing to that, while Chelsea are 28 points worse off under Johnson.

Spurs have suffered the biggest dip, however. Boasting a +126 goal difference with May at the helm, they have seen it reduced to +68 over the three seasons since. That has resulted in a reduction of 33 points on their 2016/17 to 2018/19 points tally.

Premier League table under Theresa May's reign as PM

    P W D L F A Pts
1 Man City 114 87 15 12 281 89 276
2 Liverpool 114 73 29 12 251 102 248
3 Chelsea 114 72 19 23 210 110 235
4 Tottenham 114 69 18 24 227 101 225
5 Man Utd 114 62 30 22 187 111 216
6 Arsenal 114 63 19 32 224 146 208
7 Everton 114 45 29 40 160 148 164
8 Leicester 114 39 26 49 155 171 143
9 West Ham 114 37 28 49 147 187 139
10 Crystal Pal 114 37 23 54 146 171 134
11 Burnley 114 36 26 52 120 162 134
12 Southampton 114 28 37 49 123 169 121
  • Teams that have featured in every Premier League season since 2016/17

Man Utd, not that anyone needs telling, have steadily been getting worse, with a fall-off of 18 points under Johnson (despite a rise in the table).

They will be hoping to fare much better with a change of leadership, as will we all.

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