The Reds’ first league title since 1990 was confirmed Thursday after Manchester City lost 2-1 to Chelsea’s win at Stamford Bridge.
Liverpool ended their long wait to be crowned Premier League champion after Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat at Chelsea left them with an undisputed advantage.
The Reds’ first league title since 1990 was confirmed Thursday, after Pep Guardiola’s team failed to win at Stamford Bridge.
Christian Pulisic’s goal had given Chelsea the lead before a wonderful Kevin De Bruyne raised hopes of a comeback, but Fernandinho’s late red card led to a cold penalty to win the game, and gave glory to the Liverpool league.
With seven games remaining, it’s the first time any team has won the Premier League title, with Jurgen Klopp’s men beating Manchester United’s accomplishments in 2000-01 and Manchester City’s ‘Centurions’ of 2017-18. Both teams secured the league with five games remaining.
Liverpool had reached the brink of the title with a 4-0 beating against Crystal Palace at Anfield on Wednesday, and their 23-point lead at the top of the table is the largest a champion has in the history of the top flight. English.
The Klopp side will now seek to write even more history. They need 15 points from their last seven games to set a new record for total points for a top-tier campaign, and they can also become the first team to win every home game in a single season.
They will be given an honor guard at their next match, which will casually face City at the Etihad Stadium next Thursday. Guardiola’s team, champions in each of the past two seasons, have failed to match Liverpool’s remarkable and unforgiving form.
The tone was set from the start, Klopp’s team won each of their initial eight league games to open a significant gap in the chase pack.
That career ended with a draw at Manchester United in October, but they responded to that setback in an incredible way, winning their next 18 league games, including a 3-1 victory over City in November and a complete beating 4- 0 from second place. Leicester on boxing day.
When they won 2-0 at West Ham on January 29, Liverpool had achieved another piece of history. For the first time, they had defeated each and every team in a premier league season. His superiority was indisputable.
At the time, the hope was that they could match the 2003-04 Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ and go through the entire league campaign undefeated, but a shocking 3-0 loss to Watford in late February ended that.
Then came the last key in process, with the suspension of the Premier League in mid-March due to the coronavirus crisis. Liverpool had a 25 point advantage in the break, and only needed six more to be crowned champion.
But they were forced to wait while the world accepted the impact of Covid-19. Despite calls in some quarters to “void and void” the Premier League season, Klopp and his team were able to maintain their focus during a blocking period, and finally returned to action last Sunday with a goalless draw in Everton.
That led some to preposterously wondering if they could start reeling in sight of the finish line, but they responded in good style on Wednesday, beating Palace in what could well be their most compelling home performance of the entire season. .
Then, 24 hours later, it was time for confirmation. Klopp objective understand, I was watching at home how City couldn’t beat Chelsea, who was in fourth place.
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