Whereas sides such as Sunderland picked up points from poor displays, Leicester's performances regularly outstripped results.
His first play, La guerra spiegata ai poveri (1946; "War Explained to the Poor"), displays his sharp, subtle humour.
But the match between Dallas and Chicago at the Cotton Bowl, a 0-0 tie, was one of several poor displays in the hot sun this season.
Liverpool's performance represented a tentative step forward after recent poor displays culminated in Sunday's 3-1 defeat at Crystal Palace, though their vulnerability at set pieces and Mignolet's erratic form remain concerns.
It is perhaps no coincidence that his frequent poor displays have coincided with Stephen Myler's apparent loss of confidence at No10 and it is also unlikely that a back line containing George North, Luther Burrell, the Pisi brothers, Harry Mallinder and Ben Foden has collectively lost its spark.
But to write this title off as a statistical aberration would do it wrong, as it was won fair and square, and the poor displays of their rivals was just as much a product of AZ's dominance as it was of their own dysfunctionality.
