1 week Ago By Josh Fordham
Liverpool have won the 2024/25 Premier League title and talkSPORT.com is here to bring you all the latest news and reaction. The Reds needed just a point at home to Tottenham on Sunday to secure the trophy and duly won 5-1 to confirm their place as champions.
The achievement brings up their 20th top-flight title, drawing level with Manchester United's all-time tally. Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest Premier League betting odds . Liverpool manager Arne Slot chanted the name of his predecessor Jurgen Klopp after guiding the Reds to a record-equalling 20th top-flight title on Sunday.
Slot's side secured the Premier League crown with four games to spare as they came from behind to thrash Tottenham 5-1 on a sunny afternoon at Anfield. The Dutchman had a tough act to follow after replacing the hugely popular and successful Klopp last summer but he proved any doubters wrong in a highly impressive debut campaign. One of Klopp's final acts as Liverpool boss was sing Slot's name as he bade an emotional farewell to Anfield and his successor felt it was right to return the compliment as he addressed the crowd.
Asked later why he made that gesture, Slot said: "Because of what he did before I even arrived here - I think that is something not one manager ever did before. "That definitely helped me but, apart from that, he helped me even more by the team he left behind and the culture he left behind in that team." Liverpool were given a raucous welcome by supporters prior to the game and Slot felt that energised the team.
He said: "We still had to do it but I think everybody who was inside that bus felt if the fans are with us like they are, then it's impossible for us to lose this game of football. "It's special. Special to be part of this day and, to do this in front of our fans, it's special for everyone.
" Ibrahima Konate has been savouring the moment. The Liverpool defender has been spotted sitting in the main stand at Anfield after winning his first Premier League title. And honestly, who can blame him? Mohamed Salah celebrated his goal for Liverpool with a selfie, and it's now been released on social media.
The Reds legend is joined by hundreds of adoring fans in the Kop as they went on to thrash Tottenham 5-1 There'll surely be plenty of supporters framing this image! Jurgen Klopp could have been a three-time Premier League winner with Liverpool. He ended the club's 30-year wait to become champions of England in the 2019/20, but narrowly missed out on two other occasions. In the season before, they finished on 97 points but Manchester City nicked the title on 98 points.
Three years later it was deja vu, as Liverpool reached 92 points only for City to go a step further and hit 93. But Arne Slot hasn't faced such difficulty as his Reds side have won the title with 82 points. Football's a funny game.
Liverpool have gone level with Manchester United as champions of England for the 20th time, so let's see all their title-winning seasons. Could a record-breaking 21st triumph come next season? And here is a video of Arne Slot's tribute to Jurgen Klopp. Anfield has sung the names of two historic managers who have led them to deserved Premier League glory.
Trent Alexander-Arnold is in full party mood inside the Liverpool dressing room. The England star could well leave Liverpool for Real Madrid this summer. But for now, he is enjoying the title win alongside his Reds team-mates and has posted a sneak peak into the celebrations.
Liverpool star Alexis Mac Allister: "Not bad, not bad. To win a World Cup and a Premier League is amazing, I wouldn't be able to do it without the team, I'm just one part of the puzzle. "We showed it last year but it wasn't enough, it's really special and hopefully this week we can enjoy it.
"It was really good, I don't think I'll experience it again, it wasn't bad. "Really pleased, it was the right decision for me [to join Liverpool]. Not just the team but the club and the city, I'm really enjoying my time and I always thank Jurgen because he was an important part.
" Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson: "The last time we won it was a strange time, it was unique the way we did it but you can't beat what we experienced, the fans before, during and after the game, I'm glad we experienced that. "It was better lads back then, it was a different style of play, it was high energy, high press. This team is a bit more controlled.
They're two very different teams but the key things are the same. “The consistency has been there for both teams and we got there in the end. We've always showed up.
"It's special, for me when I came to this club, you quickly realise how many good Scottish players are here. There's a little bit of pressure but you take it on board. "I'm glad I can win the Premier League.
" Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo: "The Dutch impact, I think you saw it already for years with Virgil. "But Ryan [Gravenberch] played like this in Holland, and it's amazing to see him play like this. "Obviously, the coach tactically brought it to another level.
It suits the players we have now and hopefully we can gear up more in the next few years. "It sounds cliched but I'm playing in my natural position now, which brings more confidence. "The way we play gets me into positions - I'm confident to take on my man or go inside or outside.
"Last year it was very difficult for me to get some real form because I played in so many different positions and couldn't really adapt to one." Liverpool star Mohamed Salah: "Incredible. To win the Premier League with the fans is something special.
You saw it in every game. "This is way better [than five years ago]. 100 per cent.
We have a different group now, a different manager so we're able to show we can do it again and it's special. "Arne was very honest when he arrived. He's Dutch, the Dutch are quite tough, but he made our lives easier because he asked immediately what he wanted you to do, which is what we did.
“Has Slot made me a better player? You see the numbers, it seems so! Now I don't have to defend much. "I told him 'as long as you rest me defensively, I will provide offensively' - so I'm glad I did. "It was the manager's idea of course, but he listens a lot.
" A lovely touch from Arne Slot just now. The Liverpool manager takes to the microphone to address Anfield personally. Roll back a year and Jurgen Klopp did likewise on his final game, getting the stadium to sing Arne Slot’s song.
Slot has just done the same thing but replaced his name with 'Jurgen Klopp'. Liverpool boss Arne Slot: "It's difficult to put into words. You can feel how important it was for the fans to be here.
"We always come back, we always find a way to win. I don't think we could have lost today. "Our main focus was to win this game, if you are a part of it you still feel the pressure of getting the points over the line.
"For the whole season we were on top of the league but you also know how hard the Premier League is. The belief for us to win it was here throughout the season. "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. "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." Pep Guardiola's Man City have just booked their place in the FA Cup final.
But the City boss was quick to congratulate Liverpool in his post-match reactions at Wembley. He said: "Before we start, on behalf of myself and the club we want to congratulate Liverpool for their Premier League victory. "Well deserved, no doubt about that, a fantastic team.
Give me one year, like it happened the last four years and hopefully next season we can do better and compete until the end of the season. "Liverpool, congratulations." Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk: "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. "I was desperate to win it for them [the fans] and all the fans around the world, and for us as well.
"We have won two Premier League trophies in five years. It's amazing. “Today was a lot of emotions, throughout the whole week, we've got the job done and we're deserved champions.
” Liverpool's players and staff don special 'Champions 24/25' kits. The Reds won't get the Premier League trophy today, that will come against Crystal Palace at Anfield on the final day of the season. But the good times are rolling on Merseyside and these celebrations will go on and on and on.
Mo Salah rushes over to the Kop and grabs another phone to take more selfies. And Arne Slot has let his hair down (metaphorically) as he joins in with the dancing to 'Freed from Desire'! It's a full on festival atmosphere inside Anfield now with red flares being let off all over the place. The music stops for a second before a rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' starts up.
Chills! The final whistle rings out at Anfield and Liverpool are the 2024/25 Premier League champions! The Reds have been, by far, the best team in the land this season and now have their hands to the title. 'One Kiss' - the unofficial Liverpool anthem - is blasted out as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson dance together! Alisson and Mo Salah embrace and Arne Slot keeps his cool, smiling and applauding the Reds in the Kop It got a little tight in the second half but job done for Man City. Pep Guardiola's men see off Forest and will return to Wembley on May 17 to face Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final.
Liverpool's title success today will mark the 20th time they have won England's top-flight. Manchester United have held that record for years but now have company. Liverpool, of course, dominated English football in the 1970s and 80s but infamously had to wait for their first Premier League success.
Even that came with an asterisk in many people's minds as the Reds won the Covid-hit 2019/20 season. Now, they have romped to the title this term, fully deserving their glory and rubber-stamping themselves in the history books. The incredible Mohamed Salah has today overtaken Sergio Aguero in the all-time Premier League goalscorers list.
Salah now has 185 goals in the top-flight, moving himself clear of the Man City legend and becoming the all-time foreign top scorer. Only Andy Cole, Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane and Alan Shearer are ahead of Liverpool's main man. Cole's tally of 187 is well in reach for Salah this season, if not today! And with his new contract sorted, Salah will look to reel in Rooney and Kane next term.
Want another Salah stat? Salah has now been directly involved in more Premier League goals (272) than Ryan Giggs (271). Salah has played 335 fewer games. Incredible.
Another one! Diogo Jota does well to get clear of his man and cross for Mohamed Salah. He looks to tap it home and it flies in off Destiny Udogie. Nottingham Forest are a whisker away from getting back into their semi-final clash.
Josko Gvardiol gives it away cheaply inside his six-yard box and Morgan Gibbs-White skips in to take it. He goes around Stefan Ortega and fires for goal but it clips the post and bounces away. So close and is that their big chance gone? A cherry for the cake! Anfield wanted a Mo Salah goal most and he has duly obliged.
Dominik Szoboszlai powers forward before passing to Salah who cuts inside and smashes it into the bottom corner. A brilliant goal, a brilliant moment and a brilliant celebration from the King! It's chance after chance for Liverpool at Anfield and both teams are just coasting towards full-time. The celebrations are not far away from the Liverpool fans in and around the stadium and you expect the party will go long into the night.
As for Spurs, they aren't really offering anything now and are surely more concerned about Thursday's Europa league semi-final..
