Liverpool have won the 2024/25 Premier League title and, in the process, have equalled Manchester United’s record of 20 top-flight titles and also ending Manchester City’s unprecedented four-year grip on the title.
The Reds clinched the title in scintillating fashion in front of their home fans at Anfield with a 5-1 drubbing of Tottenham.
Arne Slot’s side secured were crowned Champions with four games left to play in the campaign thanks to goals from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah.
However, it was Spurs took the lead in the 12 minutes through former Liverpool Striker, Dominic Solanke but Liverpool rallied back to lead 3-1 going into the half-time break following first-half responses from Diaz, Mac Allister and Gakpo.
The game was put beyond Tottenham in the second half with two further gals from Mohamed Salah and an own goal from Spurs defender, Destiny Udogie taking Liverpool’s points haul to an unassailable 82.
The celebrations that followed the full-time whistle produced highly emotional celebrations by the Anfield faithful and their millions of fans aroiund the globe, the first suce since 1990, as they couldn’t celebrate their most recent triumph in 20220 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Arne Slot’s achievement was made all the more remarkable as his side led the league for the most part since the beginning of November 2024 in the Dutchman’s first season in England, losing just twice in 34 games to win the league
Few backed Liverpool to compete for top spot after Jurgen Klopp’s departure a year ago, but Slot has defied all expectations and already matched his predecessor’s league-title haul.
The 46-year-old is the first Dutch manager to win the Premier League and the fifth man to do so in their debut campaign after Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini and Antonio Conte and an elated Arne Slot told Sky Sports: “That’s not only my job, it’s the job of the players and the staff members standing over there and the work Jurgen (Klopp) and Pepijn (Lijnders) left behind over here.
“The culture of the team, the work rate, the quality was outstanding. We all knew that. We started off really well and it maybe helped a bit that (Manchester) City had a difficult spell, which they hadn’t had in five years.
“When the season started everyone would have been happy if we were in the top four for Champions League again but I don’t think that was fair to our players because they are much better than that and that’s what they have showed this season.”
Mohamed Salah
“Incredible. Incredible to win the Premier League here with the fans – [it] is something special. You saw that today and you saw it in the game. It’s an incredible feeling to win the Premier League here with Liverpool and the fans.
“This is way better [than five years ago], 100 per cent… It feels more special with the fans, but I don’t want to take that from anyone. You have a different group now and a different manager. To show you’re able to do it again is something special.”
Virgil van Dijk
“It’s special and something that we don’t take for granted. It’s amazing. It’s amazing what today was. There was a lot of emotions before the game and all week, but we got the job done. We are truly deserved champions.
“[It’s] the most beautiful club in the world and I think [they] deserve all of this. Let’s enjoy the next couple of weeks and let it sink in.”
Cody Gakpo
“It’s amazing. We worked really hard this year. [We have had] special moments, lesser moments in the Champions League, but to get this is amazing. The Dutch impact, I think you guys saw it already. Virgil [van Dijk] is here already a long time, but this year Ryan [Gravenberch] is playing like how we knew him in Holland, he played that here.
“It’s amazing to see him play like this and obviously the coach tactically brought the whole team to another level and I think that suits the players we have now. Hopefully we can gear up a little more in the next few years, but it’s a good start.”
Alexis Mac Allister
“To win a World Cup and now a Premier League is something really special. It’s an achievement I really, really enjoyed – but it wouldn’t be possible without my teammates. They are the most important thing for me. I am just one part of the puzzle.
“This team is really, really good. Last year we showed it but it wasn’t enough in the end. This time we made a big difference. It’s something really special and hopefully this win, we can enjoy it.”
Andy Robertson
“The last time we won it was a stranger time, but I suppose we kind of got that feeling against Man United at home. It was pretty much done at that point with [being] 16 or 19 points clear. It’s not like quite clinching it and then obviously the world paused. It was quite unique the way we did it.
“We enjoyed it, of course we did, but you can’t beat what we experienced today and how we went to the ground and the fans during and after the game. Nothing quite compares to that and I’m glad we got to experience it that way as well.”
Liverpool Line-up:
Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz (Elliott, 76), Szoboszlai (Jones, 67), Mac Allister (Nunez, 83), Salah, Gakpo (Jota, 67), Robertson, Gravenberch, Alexander-Arnold (Endo, 76).
Unused subs: Kelleher, Chiesa, Tsimikas, Quansah.
