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Liverpool may have finished behind Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title.

But when it comes to box office, nobody could match the pulling power of the Reds in the top flight this season.

The Premier League have released official figures for the payments made to clubs during the 2018/19 campaign.

And Liverpool have raked in more money than anyone else, taking home an astronomical £152.43million.

That exceeds the amount of champions City, who were awarded £150.99m, with third-placed Chelsea next on £146.03m.

The Reds were helped by having had more games broadcast live in the United Kingdom than any of their rivals, with 29 of their 38 matches being shown.

Manchester United were next with 27 games, while City and Tottenham Hotspur were shown 26 times. By contrast, Huddersfield Town, Southampton, Bournemouth and Watford were only broadcast live on 10 occasions.

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Liverpool's total payment is made up of their equal share of £34.36m, which is handed to every club. Their facility fee - which depends on the amount of times broadcast live - was £33.46m, while their merit payment for finishing second was £36.45m.

The remainder of their total consisted of their equal share of the international television rights (£43.18m) and central commercial income (£4.97m).

At the other end of the scale, bottom-placed Huddersfield still earned £96.63m. Liverpool's neighbours Everton, who finished eighth in the Premier League, earned £128.6m.

Liverpool's £152.43m is their highest-ever amount of Premier League prize money. They took home £145.9m in 2017/18 and £146.12m in 2016/17.

They last topped the prize money table in 2013/14 when they earned £97.54m, despite finishing second in the Premier League table, again to Manchester City.