Liverpool clinch Premier League, match Man United with 20 league titles

Liverpool have been crowned Premier League champions with their 5-1 win against Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday.

Arne Slot’s side needed a minimum of one point to secure the title and match Manchester United’s record of 20 league crowns, and strikes from Luis Díaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah, as well as a Destiny Udogie own goal, sealed the deal.

“This is the most beautiful club in the world. We deserve this. We are going to enjoy the next couple of weeks and take it in,” captain Virgil van Dijk told Sky Sports after the game.

“I was desperate to win it for [the fans] and all the fans around the world, and for us as well.”

Salah’s goal was the 185th of his Premier League career, making him the league’s top-scoring foreign player.

With Arsenal’s 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace on Wednesday, they cannot mathematically catch the league leaders, even with four games still to play.

Liverpool boast a 15-point advantage over Arsenal, having lost only twice in 34 league games this season. It represents a spectacular debut season for Slot, who left Feyenoord to replace Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool manager last summer.

When Liverpool last won the title during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, players and staff gathered together at Formby Hall Hotel on Merseyside to watch Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat to Chelsea, which secured the club’s first league title since 1990.

“It was clear we couldn’t lose this game. Everyone on the bus said there’s no way we’re going to lose this game,” Slot told Sky Sports.

“They always find a way to win. Incredibly proud, not only of the players but the people standing here, sport directors, my staff members, we should give them a big round of applause.

“Let’s forget it’s the second in 35 years, it’s the second in five years.”