Liverpool win Premier League LIVE: Trophy parade details revealed after 20th title triumph
Arne Slot led the team to the top-flight title in his first year at Anfield as Liverpool won the Premier League for a second time in five years
Liverpool won the Premier League for the second time in five years, and a 20th top-flight title overall, when they defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
The celebrations began as Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah all scored for the Reds who secured the trophy before the end of April and brought manager Arne Slot his first piece of silverware at Anfield.
Slot took over as boss in the summer following the shock departure of Jurgen Klopp last year but he manoeuvred the team that the German had rebuilt and forged them into repeat Premier League champions. Liverpool have an unassailable 82 points with four matches to play and have swept their competition aside with seeming ease this year.
“It is incredible to win this with our fans,” Mo Salah said after victory was confirmed. “This is 100% better than last time [in 2020], especially with the fans. We have a different group now so to show we can do it again is something special.”
Follow all the reaction to Liverpool’s title win with our live blog below:
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When will the parade be?
While details have yet to be confirmed, a trophy parade in the city is likely to follow the final game of the season. Liverpool memorably celebrated their 2019 Champions League triumph in front of an estimated 750,000 supporters in the city, with the parade winding through the city and ending at the waterfront.
Liverpool were unable to have a parade in 2020 due to Covid restrictions, but there was a bus parade in 2022 after winning the FA Cup and League Cup, although the Reds narrowly missed out on the Premier League and Champions League that season.
The day after the final game of the season, Monday 26 May, is a bank holiday and would therefore be an ideal time to hold a trophy parade, but the club are yet to confirm any details.
Inside the red mist: How Liverpool fans celebrated a title triumph 35 years in the making
Until this moment, the end-of-season recurrence in Liverpool had come with an added jeopardy over the past decade. The pageant of the team bus crawling down Anfield Road ahead of their final home game, emerging gradually from the red mist, arrived alongside the war cry of thousands, scaling the trees and scaffolding to the side. The smell of pure sulphur, flares forming the richest of scarlet red air, came with an added whiff of worry. Fans congregating in the city drank lager and Guinness, stimulated perhaps more in hope than expectation.
Yet on this spring Sunday in 2025? Something new.
This time, there was no angst. No final-day jangling of nerves. No chaos or confusion on the terraces. The old-school radios and earphones were left in the junk box. Because this time, to those with an L postcode and the many flocking from beyond the borders, there was an inexorable party in town. And they were all here to attend, with or without an invite.
Kieran Jackson reports from Anfield:
Inside the red mist: How Liverpool fans celebrated a title 35 years in the making
Ibrahima Konate reveals ‘crazy’ Arne Slot quality key to Liverpool’s triumph
Ibrahima Konate said it is “crazy” how humble Arne Slot was after winning the Premier League title in his debut year at Liverpool.
And the defender, whose contract at Anfield expires next year, suggested trophies will be a factor in his decision of what to do as he said he will only remember what he has won when he retires.
“We have to be happy. I saw him on the pitch and he didn't really want to take the praise, he walked behind us and it's crazy to be humble like that. OK, we are on the pitch and we run and do everything but he has done a lot as well for us. Thanks to him, thanks to the fans.”
Konate has been in contract talks with Liverpool but has yet to put pen to paper on an extended deal and said: “This is a conversation with the club and we will see.”
Ibrahima Konate reveals ‘crazy’ Arne Slot quality key to Liverpool’s triumph
Does it get better than this?
Mohamed Salah delivers on promise
Last season, Mohamed Salah vowed to do “everything possible” to bring success back to Anfield.
Well Mo, you delivered on that promise. And with 46 goal contributions in 34 Premier League games, you weren’t half at the heart of it all.
Liverpool fans react to their title triumph
Which Liverpool players will - and potentially won't - win a Premier League winners' medal?
There are currently 21 Liverpool players in line to receive a Premier League winners’ medal by default. However, there is one notable absentee from that list.
Premier League rules state that any individual to have made five or more appearances in the trophy-winning league campaign must be given one of the 40 commemorative medals given to the champions.
Federico Chiesa has not yet met that criteria. The summer signing from Juventus has battled injury in his first season on Merseyside and struggled to force his way consistently into Arne Slot’s forward line - only making four league appearances, all off the bench, so far.
It may be that the Italian is granted the silver token anyway: the 40 medals can be distributed to the manager, players and officials as the successful club see fit, provided every player to have made five Premier League appearances receives one.
See which players are in line for a winners’ medal:
The 21 Liverpool players set for winners’ medals and why Chiesa faces anxious wait
Liverpool's dominance at the top
From about February, Liverpool’s title never seemed in doubt.
The Reds are phenomenal value for their triumph, having spent 206 days at the top of the Premier League.
That’s 165 days more than any other side managed this season, with Man City spending a comparatively measly 41 at the pinnacle before enduring a mammoth slip.
Dominance.
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