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.”
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Pundits and players heap praise on Arne Slot as Liverpool secure second Premier League title
Liverpool wrapped up a record-equalling 20th top-flight English title on Sunday night with a 5-1 demolition of Tottenham at Anfield, with Arne Slot winning the Premier League at the first attempt after his move from Feyenoord.
And the Dutchman was the subject of plenty of the post-match coverage as his side produced a five-star display to dismantle Spurs and stroll to a second Premier League title.
Pundits and players praise Arne Slot as Liverpool secure second Premier League title
'Slot has improved Liverpool' says Redknapp
Arne Slot has improved the Liverpool team left behind from Jurgen Klopp claimed Jamie Redknapp following their title-clinching win over Spurs on Sunday.
The former Liverpool player said: “I enjoy how they play through the lines, how Gravenberch can receive the ball on the half-turn and drive with it.
“You've got players like Mac Allister and Szoboszlai, or whoever comes in there, Jones, they're a joy in that respect.
"He's improved players, you look at what he's done with Mo Salah, he's given him a new lease of life.”
Liverpool's top-flight winning managers
Arne Slot joins the ranks of Liverpool managers who have won the top-flight league title.
He is the 10th man to successfully achieve the feat but has a long way to go to emulate Liverpool’s most successful boss in Bob Paisley.
Here’s a list of Liverpool’s title-winning managers and the number of times they took top spot in the league:
6 - Bob Paisley (1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83)
3 - Bill Shankly (1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73), Kenny Dalglish (1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90)
2 - Tom Watson (1900-01, 1905-06)
1 - David Ashworth (1921-22), Matt McQueen (1922-23), George Kay (1946-47), Joe Fagan (1983-84), Jurgen Klopp (2019-20), Arne Slot (2024-25)
Liverpool’s second Premier League title ‘100% better’ than first
Liverpool’s talisman for this season, Mohamed Salah, says that this Premier League title win is ‘100% better’ than when the Reds took the crown in 2020 with empty stadiums do to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Salah said: "It is incredible to win this with our fans. 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."
Liverpool celebrate title victory
Here are the scenes at Anfield yesterday when Liverpool’s Premier League victory was confirmed.
Slot praises Klopp
The Liverpool manager was also full of praise for his predecessor, Jurgen Klopp, and revealed he had spoken to the German throughout the season.
"Many moments in this season the two of us had either WhatsApp contact or we spoke to each other,” Slot said.
"So I think he showed last season when he said farewell what kind of a human being he is by introducing me the way he did.
"That, of course helped, but the thing that helped the most was that he left a team behind that was able to win a trophy."
'The fans were so supportive'
Liverpool manager Arne Slot spoke after yesterday’s win over Tottenham and praised the fans for their support throughout the season.
The Dutchman said: "The moment when we arrived with the bus, everybody could feel that we were never, never going to lose this game.
"The fans were so supportive before the game, during the game that even when we were 1-0 down you could feel that these fans and this team were able to get this one over the line."
'What Slot has done is remarkable'
Daniel Sturridge led the tributes to Liverpool manager Arne Slot following the Reds’ victory over Tottenham on Sunday.
Speaking on Sky Sports the former Liverpool striker said:
“To come in and follow a big manager who's been so successful and adored by the fanbase.
“He's come in and stamped his authority on it. What he's done in such a short space of time has been remarkable.
"The expectation wasn't that they would be here now. Doing it with four games to spare is special.”
Arne Slot repays Jurgen Klopp’s favour after Liverpool title triumph – but now he’ll want more
Briefly, Arne Slot seemed to lose himself in the moment. A red Liverpool shirt on top of the smart-casual blue outfit he has donned, with great predictability, for every match, he was jumping up and down in front of the Kop. Yet while Anfield chorused his name, he wanted to hear that of another.
A thoughtful man had his predecessor in his mind and, when he took the microphone, a favour was returned and repaid. A year ago, Jurgen Klopp took his leave by chanting about Slot. He was not a handpicked replacement nor an old ally, but Klopp has long had the power to persuade people. He often used it in the right way.
And, 11 months on, Slot celebrated a Premier League title win by singing about Klopp; not particularly tunefully, but meaningfully.
Slot repays Klopp’s favour after Liverpool title triumph – but now he’ll want more
Liverpool seal Premier League title with Tottenham thrashing – and Anfield gets its crowning moment in the sun
The banner in the Kop borrowed from the words Virgil van Dijk used when signing his new contract. “It was always Liverpool,” it read. And over a season, it was. Even on a day when they briefly trailed, it was always going to be Liverpool. This was a coronation rather than a contest, the culmination of a wonderful debut season for Arne Slot.
The chants of “we’re going to win the league” were scarcely bold predictions but became factually accurate when Thomas Bramall blew the final whistle, when the substituted players spilled on to the pitch, when Arne Slot and his staff bounced around in a group hug, when Mohamed Salah took selfies with the Kop, Dominik Szoboszlai hung off the crossbar and jubilation engulfed Liverpool.
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