Actually,we haven't been knocked off our perch:
Liverpool: 18 top flight league titles, 4 second flight league titles, and......the lancashire league = 23 LEAGUE TITLES
Man Utd: 18 top flight league titles (wiki claim 19 already!), 2 second flight league titles = 20/21 LEAGUE TITLES
We're still 2 or 3 ahead everyone!!! :-)