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Liverpool basks in Premier League title glory


Jonny Humphries

BBC News, Liverpool

Supplied Fans, many with arms raised in the air, sitting on the sign for the Liverpool superstore at Anfield stadium as the match came to an end.Supplied

The party began outside the stadium before full-time had even been called

When Liverpool last secured a Premier League title – five years ago – the scenes of jubilation were muted by lockdown restrictions.

But on Sunday there was no holding back, after Arne Slot’s men battered Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at Anfield to secure the club’s 20th league championship.

Victory had felt inevitable for months, but there had been a collective desire among many fans not to assume the title was a certainty, in light of previous disappointments.

By full-time, however, all that residual anxiety was a distant memory as thousands of jubilant fans surrounded the stadium and took to the streets across the city.

Here is a selection of photographs documenting an iconic day – and night – for the Red half of the city.

Gareth Morgan A man stands on a concrete block waving a flag as fireworks light up the evening sky behind him.Gareth Morgan

Fireworks began booming across Liverpool from the moment the referee’s whistle marked full-time on Sunday

Marc Gaier/BBC Fans adorned in Liverpool scarfs and carrying flags sit atop a fence outside Anfield stadium.Marc Gaier/BBC

Liverpool secured the club’s 20th league championship on Sunday with a 5-1 mauling of Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield

Supplied A Liverpool fan carrying a smoke flare and a red flag stands silhouetted against the evening skyline.  Supplied

Red smoke drifted above Liverpool as hundreds of fans let off flares

Marc Gaier/BBC Marc Gaier, a grey-haired man wearing a red t-shirt, grins into the camera as he takes a selfie in the stands at Anfield stadiumMarc Gaier/BBC

BBC Radio Merseyside’s Marc Gaier soaks up the atmosphere inside Anfield stadium

Submitted A young boy. in a black Liverpool FC baseball cap and replica kit. holds a Liverpool scarf aloft in Anfield stadiumSubmitted

A young Red celebrates inside Anfield stadium

Dave Monk A man in a black baseball cap and Liverpool scarf and a man in a red polo-neck t-shirt pose for a picture outside Anfield stadium with their arms around each other's shouldersDave Monk

Celebrations outside Anfield continued late into the evening

Supplied Fans climb the two brick posts supporting the Paisley Gates outside Anfield StadiumSupplied

Fans celebrated Liverpool’s victory by climbing on top of the Paisley Gates outside the stadium

Submitted A large crowd gathered outside the red-brick Albert Pub at sunset, following Liverpool's victorySubmitted

For fans who were unable to buy tickets many of the pubs and bars around Liverpool, such as The Albert, provided an alternative venue for the celebrations



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