If the 2019/20 campaign was unforgettable one for Liverpool, the same will eventually be said of this term too.
Even if the contrast between the two could not be greater.
While last year's efforts resulted in the Reds' first league title in 30 years, this has been a tale of woe for Jurgen Klopp.
Anything that seemingly could go wrong has.
And it is why there will be a huge collective sigh of relief when the final whistle sounds on May 23, wherever Liverpool land.
One of the most fiery derby days in recent memory was perhaps where it all started for Klopp's side, back in October.
Anterior cruciate ligament damage for Virgil van Dijk, caused by Jordan Pickford's reckless reducer, ended the Dutchman's season just a month into the campaign.
A rash Richarlison challenge towards the end of that game also saw Thiago Alcantara miss the following two-and-a-half months of action.
In truth, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich star has struggled to truly get to grips with the pace and power of the Premier League since his return at the end of December.
The hope is that the classy Spain international will begin to look more at home when a debilitating injury list subsides at Anfield and he has a full pre-season under his belt.
Joe Gomez's own knee injury, sustained on England duty the following month, also put paid to his campaign after just seven Premier League appearances.
Meanwhile Joel Matip's inability to prove his long-term fitness continued with his season ending in January with just 10 appearances under his belt in the top flight.
That quartet of players would not be the limit of Klopp's injury concerns, however.
Diogo Jota missed three months, while the likes of Fabinho, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Kostas Tsimikas, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Divock Origi have all missed a significant portion of the season.
So too Jordan Henderson, who remains no closer to his own comeback from the calf problem picked up in the 2-0 defeat to Everton back in February.
Injuries have perhaps been the root cause behind such a worrying drop from previous years under Klopp but there is now no dispute that a lack of fans has also been a hugely contributing factor.
After edging close to four years without a Premier League defeat at Anfield, Liverpool lost six on the bounce between late January and early March.
It's the first time in 129 years of Liverpool history that such a run has happened.
In among shock losses to Burnley, Brighton and Fulham was a first Merseyside derby defeat at Anfield since 1999.
After 23 games without a loss on home soil against the Blues, Everton finally had their win on February 20.
Mercifully, it was one achieved without 54,000 inside to witness it from Liverpool's perspective.
It was a tough one to take for the hosts, but it was defeat to Chelsea in the next home fixture that was the more damaging.
If the Reds are to find themselves missing out on Champions League football next season they may look at that 1-0 loss to the Londoners as the pivotal night.
But that unfortunate sequence of events was set for an even more surreal turn a few weeks later.
The announcement of the Super League rocked football to its core a little over two weeks ago.
Fenway Sports Group's John W Henry had placed Liverpool's name down on the 12-team breakaway competition that threatened to tear the fabric of the game at the top level apart.
Alongside Manchester United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, Liverpool were part of plans that aimed to ring fence the same 12 teams in European competition every season, regardless of domestic performance.
The response was quick, strong and almost uniform; this was an idea that was not wanted.
Within 48 hours the entire league had fallen apart as the six Premier League clubs all performed sharp U-turns.
The apology came from principal owner Henry, who took sole responsibility for Liverpool's attempt to participate, but this is a story that will continue to run and run.
Sanctions and punishments may yet follow for the six Premier League clubs.
Meanwhile, the fallout goes on with the actions of Manchester United fans on Sunday afternoon.
With Liverpool set to go head-to-head with their fierce rivals at Old Trafford, dozens, if not hundreds, of supporters broke into the stadium, pre-match, to make their feelings known about United's owners, the Glazer family.
Klopp and his players were forced to stay stationed in their hotel on Sunday as the authorities attempted to shift the protesters around the ground.
It meant that the most watched football fixture on the planet would not in fact be taking place.
It was an unprecedented event in a season where many thought they had seen it all.
Quite when that postponed fixture will now go ahead is anyone's guess as things stand, but it was just the latest unwanted episode in a gut-wrenching season for the Reds.
As the finishing line appears now in sight for Klopp, he may well be wondering just what can possibly be left in store for him and his players.
Whatever happens, however, there will be no fond recalling of this campaign.
