Fans crowd around as the team coach arrives ahead of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
April 27, 2025
Liverpool, United Kingdom (AFP)—Liverpool are primed for a spectacular Premier League title party as they aim to seal a record-equalling 20th English top-flight crown against Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday.
A draw will take Liverpool to a title-clinching 80 points — mathematically out of reach of second-placed Arsenal, who would be 13 points adrift with just four games left.
Arne Slot’s men have been hot favourites to land just their second title in the Premier League era for months and the manager believes they have a “big responsibility” to seal the deal in front of their own fans.
The Reds’ last title, five years ago, was slightly anticlimactic as it came during the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning Anfield was nearly empty when the trophy was presented due to restrictions.
“What we have now and in the remaining weeks of the season is a wonderful opportunity that we should grasp with both hands,” Slot wrote in the matchday programme.
“Finishing top of this league would be an incredible achievement and having put ourselves in a position to do so, we now need to finish the work that began all the way back in the summer of last year.”
Tens of thousands of fans swarmed around Anfield in the build-up to kick-off in anticipation of Liverpool’s coronation, setting off flares in the warm spring sunshine as the home team bus arrived.
Flags and scarves saying “Liverpool 20-time Champions” were on sale from stalls outside the ground.
On paper, Liverpool have little to fear from Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs, who are 16th in the table and have not won at Anfield since 2011.
Liverpool’s impending title success will be all the sweeter because it will move them level with bitter rivals Manchester United as the joint most successful club in English top-flight history.