Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is praising Arne Slot’s “aura”, to use the popular modern phrase. “He’s a very honest man – the way he speaks to the press. The tactics he’s clearly got right. They’ve made a great choice in bringing him in – he wasn’t the obvious choice, but he’s the right one.”Liverpool faithful this morning as they prepared for the visit of Spurs. Soak it in.
This is important. It means a lot to be here,” said Ann-Marie Barton, who remembers the mixed emotions when Liverpool last won the title: yes she was drinking champagne, but it was alone at home because of the Covid pandemic. “It was just me and Scooby [a stuffed mascot], and he doesn’t talk much.”
Premier League with the fans is so special,” Mo Salah tells Sky. Asked whether this is different to five years ago, the Egyptian ace says: “Ah, this is so much better, 100%, because of the fans … To show you can do it again is something special.”
Quizzed about Slot’s style, Salah replies: “He very honest. He’s quite tough, but he makes our life easier – because he tells you what you want to do.” He cheekily adds: “Now I don’t have to defend much!”
Liverpool FC shirt, is coerced into singing in the centre circle. He grinningly, gratefully, abdicates this position when Andy Robertson chases him with a big bottle of bubbly. Now they’re all posing for a mass team photo on the pitch.
Liverpool have caught up their north-west rivals and Manchester United will have to budge up along their perch to make room. It’s all square: 20-20 vision.
Peter Oh emails: “One of the most memorable moments of Jürgen Klopp’s farewell ceremony at Anfield last year was when he led the fans in an ‘Arne Slot!’ chant. At the time it felt almost like an incongruous, revolutionary moment of self-effacement. Now it feels visionary. I guess hindsight is 20/TWENTY! Thank you Jürgen! Thank you Arne!”
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Liverpool players link arms with Arne Slot and his coaching staff, facing their supporters. It’s a spine-tingling moment at any time but this is extra special.
Liverpool players are dancing in front of a flare-strewn Kop. Mo Salah – as he did when celebrating the fourth goal against Spurs – is taking the odd lucky fan’s phone and grabbing some precious selfies, grinning in front of a horde of LFC faithful.Liverpool – alongside Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Congrats, gents.Premier League supremacy in his first season (play the game, Arne, this is supposed to be difficult).
If Liverpool’s title under Klopp was the most cathartic, ending that 30-year wait, this feels more breezily joyous. In 2019-20, the league was mathematically sealed during lockdown and via a Manchester City defeat by Chelsea. In 2024-25, it is picture perfect for Reds’ fans: rubber-stamped with a resounding victory at a full, loud and sunny Anfield.
The players are on the pitch and they look overjoyed. Stick with us for all the reaction and Liverpool’s title celebrations.
Source: theguardian.com
