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Few want to say it out loud for fear of mocking from the don’t-jinx-us-crowd, but the stats are the facts: Liverpool have a 99 percent chance of winning the Premier League. It is as good as done. FiveThirtyEight’s latest projection puts Liverpool on pace to rack up 101 points, with Manchester City trailing in second with 82 points. This is a title race in name only, in the same way me running a lane over from Usain Bolt would technically be a race.

But you might still have that nagging feeling in the back of your mind - that doubt. And that’s normal; it’s been a long, painful 30 years. But blowing the title now is a near statistical impossibility. In fact, it’s now five-times more likely that we will experience a global mass extinction event by 2100 than City will reclaim the title.

Think about that. Re-read it another time or five. It’s more likely that Kim Jung-Un and Donald Trump will engage in an all too literal weapon-measuring contest than it is that Liverpool will cough this title away.

In fact, let us take a look at what has more chance of happening than the title not being lifted at Anfield in May.

Climate Change: There is a 1-in-20 chance the Earth will melt before 2100, according to researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. Global temperatures have risen above three degrees since 2015. Should temperatures rise above 5°C there could be "unknown" apocalyptic consequences that could lead to the extinction of mankind by 2100. The study goes as far to assign a mind-boggling 21 percent likelihood to this outcome.

And that’s still significantly more likely to happen than Liverpool chucking the league away down the stretch. This team has found a rhythm and reached a level that’s statistically more formidable than the oil and gas industry.

FiveThirtyEight’s latest projection also pegs Liverpool to finish with the most points in league history (101) and to match the biggest title-winning margin (+65).

Warfare: The Future of Humanity Institute estimates a four percent probability of extinction by war, which feels a little low given recent events. Tensions between America and Iran have escalated. The Korean Peninsula continues to simmer away. And the Solskjaer-In and Solskjaer-Out brigades have entered into some kind of Anchorman-style stand-off. Only the cockroaches and Roy Keane will survive the impending Nuclear apocalypse.

We live in a world where there is a better chance of an Orange man demolishing the world through Twitter than there is of Liverpool letting the title slip, as long as he can control himself until mid-April. But at least it’s a world in which Liverpool wins the title: things could be worse.

Alien Invasion: The speed at which the aliens descend doesn’t have an exact probability. Projections differ, in part because, you know, we can’t confirm the existence of aliens. But there are models that give better odds to a mankind-ending invasion than the title slipping away. You have to think the aliens' arrival depends on the fandom of the aliens involved, though. Think about it: wouldn’t it be just our luck to assemble one of the greatest teams in league history, for it to all be undercut by a United-supporting Martian. Or, just as concerning, some kind of All-Alien XI, built to take down the best Earth has to offer. Which side Virgil van Dijk would line up for remains an open question.

The point is this: enjoy this ride. Nerves are normal. But it’s time to let them go. This isn’t like the other times.

Embrace the run-in. Don’t let the doubts creep in. There is a split among supporters about whether or not fans should sing “we’re gonna’ win the league” between now and the end of the season. It’s a silly debate. The team and the manager continue to bang the one-game-at-a-time drum, and they should. Klopp has been through a title run-in before. He knows how to get a dominant team across the line. The job of the fan is not to guard the squad against complacency. It is to enjoy each and every moment along this magical ride.

This season isn’t about having one big end-of-season party. It's about enjoying 38 along the way, with some European nights sprinkled in for added fun. Stop fretting. Wind up rival fans. Laugh at the dwindling standards at Old Trafford. Post those Pep Guardiola memes. They won’t get the last laugh this time. The only remaining questions are what game will it be over, by what margin, and whether this side will go down as the best team in the Premier League era. This team is different; this team is special. You know it.

The math proves it.