Liverpool win historic Premier League with four games to spare as emotional scenes break out at Anfield after 20th title

IT’S OFFICIAL, Liverpool are Premier League champions and have equalled Manchester United’s record of 20 top-flight titles.

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.

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.

There were jubilant scenes throughout the match and at full-time the players and staff celebrated in front of the Kop.

Mo Salah took more selfies with the crowd – as he did after his goal – with Anfield celebrating its first title in 35 years, since 2020’s Prem title was won behind closed doors.

The stadium was a sea of red and there were emotional scenes as players and fans united as the crowd sang: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.

Slot, 46, 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 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.

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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’ 15-point advantage on Arsenal is 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.

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.

Salah – who signed a new two-year contract this month – has provided 46 goal contributions, in the form of 28 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 the chasing pack of City, Newcastle, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest don’t catch up and leapfrog them.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk