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IT’S OFFICIAL, Liverpool are Premier League champions.
Arne Slot has reclaimed Liverpool‘s place at the top of English football in his debut season, after taking over from club legend Jurgen Klopp last May.
PAArne Slot led Liverpool to their 20th league title, moving level with rivals Man Utd[/caption]
ReutersAfter relegating Leicester with a 1-0 win on Sunday, Liverpool sealed the title a week later[/caption]
AFPMo Salah celebrated in his style after his goal[/caption]
EPALiverpool put five past Tottenham[/caption]
After relegating Leicester with a 1-0 win on Sunday, Liverpool put their name on the trophy with an emphatic 5-1 win over Tottenham.
They went 1-0 down but hit back four minutes later and led 3-1 at half-time.
And now, with four games remaining, the Kop faithful can officially let their hair down and celebrate.
But the Reds have had one hand on their 20th title for several weeks.
Arsenal’s Champions League quest has seen them draw consecutive games with Everton, Brentford and Palace this month, to leave any chase impossible.
Mikel Arteta‘s side’s can only pick up a maximum of 12 points from their four remaining games, meaning their domestic season is officially over.
As things stand, the league leaders hold the biggest gap over the second place side since Manchester City’s 18-point lead over Manchester United in 2019-2020.
But Man Utd will be more bothered about Liverpool equalling their long-held record of 20 league titles in English football.
Sir Alex Ferguson set that in 2013, having spent two decades clawing back to knock Liverpool off their perch laid down in the 1980s.
Meanwhile, England also has a new Premier League champion for the first time since Liverpool won it FIVE years ago, which ended a 30-year club drought.
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Pep Guardiola‘s incredible Man City sides have won it for the last four consecutive seasons, setting a new record in the process.
In fact, it was Klopp’s heroic efforts to compete with Guardiola during his nine years that left the German manager “under too much pressure” to continue before he quit Anfield last season.
HOW REDS WON IT
Mohamed Salah – who signed a new two-year contract this month – has provided 45 goal contributions, in the form of 27 goals and 18 assists – the most in both categories across the league.
Liverpool have lost just two Prem games this season, a 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest in September and a 3-2 loss to Fulham this month.
It’s been eight years since the last champions lost as few as two games all season – that was City in 2017-2018.
But Liverpool will have to remain unbeaten for their last four games against Chelsea, Arsenal, Brighton and Palace, to keep that stat.
Meanwhile, Arsenal – who have stepped into Liverpool’s place of competing with City over the last few years – could now finish second for the THIRD straight season.
That is as long as third place the chasing pack of City, Newcastle, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest don’t catch up and leapfrog them.
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TWELVE bosses have won the Premier League
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1 – Arne Slot, Antonio Conte, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini, Jurgen Klopp (above), Claudio Ranieri, Kenny Dalglish, Manuel Pellegrini
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