A Bridge too far for City as Liverpool end 30-year wait for Premier League trophy
LIVERPOOL’S 30-year wait for a league title is over after they were confirmed as Premier League champions last night.
Second-placed Manchester City had to win at Chelsea to prolong the Reds’ wait for at least another week but fell to a 2-1 defeat on Thursday night.
It means Jurgen Klopp’s side have won the title – the club’s first since 1990 – with a record seven games to spare.
Liverpool’s remarkable league campaign has seen them win 28 of their 31 fixtures. They can break City’s Premier League record of 100 points for a campaign if they go on to win five of their remaining seven matches.
The Reds’ title success is the 19th in the club’s history, moving them one behind Manchester United’s English record.
Liverpool will take to the field for the first time as champions on Thursday, when they travel to Man City.
Kenny Dalglish, who won three league titles as Liverpool manager, said: “I think back then if you’d have said it would take 30 years you’d have been arrested and sectioned, but sometimes things happen.
“The last two years since (manager) Jurgen (Klopp) came in, it has been very, very positive all the way. He’s been fantastic and he epitomises everything that Liverpool stands for. He respects everyone at the club.
“It’s not just a one-off as last year they came within a point of it and won the European Cup and a World Club Cup too, so onwards and upwards and I think there will be plenty more days to look forward to as long as Jurgen is there.
“It takes a fantastic dressing room to win things. You don’t win anything with division, it takes solidarity, and Liverpool from top to bottom have been together.”
Liverpool’s title was confirmed after Christian Pulisic and Willian netted for Chelsea in a Stamford Bridge victory over City. Kevin De Bruyne equalised with a free-kick for City, but Willian coolly converted a penalty once Fernandinho was sent off for handball.