First title after Jürgen Klopp: Selfie Jubel and Tears in Anfield: Liverpool is a master

The fans sang in the stands, on the square the players lay in their arms. Goalkeeper Allison and midfielder Alexis Mac Allister had tears in his eyes. Together they all started the famous hymn “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. FC Liverpool celebrated the early win of the English football championship, the first title after the departure of coach Jürgen Klopp almost exactly a year ago, emotionally.

The team of the Dutch coach Arne Slot, who followed Klopp in the summer of 2024 after about eight and a half years, prevailed on the 34th matchday of the Premier League with 5: 1 (3: 1) against Tottenham Hotspur. With a 15-point lead, Liverpool can no longer be obtained from the table runners-up arsenal in the remaining four league games.

“It is difficult to put into words,” Slot told Sky Sports. The coach, who danced after the final whistle, expressly praised his predecessor and his assistant coach Pepijn Linders. “What Jürgen and Pepijn left here – the team culture, the work setting and the quality of the team – was exceptional.”

Salah celebrates 28th goal of the season with fan selfie

Luis Diaz (16th minute), Mac Allister (24th), Cody Gakpo (34.) and Mohamed Salah (63.) met before the eyes of Liverpool legends such as Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush for the superior hosts, whom a draw would have been entitled to the title. On top of that, Tottenham’s Destiny Udogie (69.) undertook an own goal.

For Salah it was number 28 in the current Premier League season. The Egyptian celebrated his goal by grabping a fan’s smartphone and taking a selfie in front of the celebrating grandstand. Even after the final whistle, he patiently posed for numerous photos.

At most, tension came up briefly when Dominic Solanke (12th) Tottenham initially shot in the lead. But Liverpool had little to oppose the Spurs, for whom after a disastrous season in the league. The European League semi-finalist, who had thrown out Eintracht Frankfurt, denies the semi-final first leg against FK Bodö/Glimt on Thursday.

Liverpool now record holder with Manchester United

It is the 20th championship for FC Liverpool, who was trained by Klopp from 2015 to 2024 and had won the Premier League for the first time after 30 years with the German coach 2020 – while the Corona pandemic. Through the renewed triumph, the club draws the same as the archrival Manchester United, who has been the sole record champion since 2011.

Before the season, Liverpool had only been given outsiders’ chances for the title. But under Premier League newcomer Slot, who came from Feyernoord Rotterdam last summer, the team lost only two league games. The Reds also benefited from the fact that the series master of the past four years, Manchester City, played a weak season. And that Arsenal played 13 times a draw and thus gave away many points.