Liverpool FC and the title no one saw coming

After dismantling Spurs at Anfield on Sunday, the record now shows:

Liverpool Football Club – 20 times Champions of England.

But not only have The Reds cemented their position as the country’s most successful team, they’ve done it with ruthless efficiency.

Ignore the online whingers trying to diminish the impressiveness of our achievement. Liverpool has been the best team in the country by some distance.

We’ve got the league’s top scorer, assister, and runaway player of the season in Mo Salah. Our imperious, ever-present captain, Virgil Van Dijk, has led us to the most clean sheets. The first-choice midfield trio of Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, and Dominic Szobozlai has been relentless.

We’ve lost only two league games all season. At the time of writing, Liverpool FC is 15 points clear of our nearest challengers. There are still 4 games to play. A club that so often ‘wins the championship in May’ has it all sewn up by the end of April.

What’s more remarkable is that nobody saw it coming. No pundit had Liverpool as title contenders in their preseason predictions. Many suggested the team would struggle in the wake of Jurgen Klopp’s departure, predicting a season of upheaval and inconsistency.

A top 4 challenge, they argued, would be a successful season for the new man in charge.

To say they underestimated Arne Slot is an understatement.

While there’s no question that the laidback Dutchman inherited a fine squad from his predecessor, even those wearing the thickest rose-tinted spectacles felt it needed improvement.

Fans were clamouring for reinforcements across the pitch, arguing the team needed more depth and quality. When the much-feted transfer of Martin Zubimendi fell through after the young Spaniard decided to remain at Real Sociedad, plenty suggested that Liverpool would lack the legs to make an impression on the title race.

Not so far as Slot was concerned. In his post-match interview with Sky Sports after walloping Spurs on Sunday, Slot said Liverpool FC “always believed” they could win the Premier League.

To be fair to Arne, the signs were there from early on. After adding only (the arguably underused) Frederico Chiesa in the summer, Liverpool’s head coach tweaked the team’s tactics and won his first three games without conceding a goal, smashing arch-rivals Manchester United 3-0 along the way. Which is one way to endear yourself to Liverpool fans.

However, early excitement was tempered by a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest in mid-September. Maybe the squad was lacking after all. Perhaps the lack of investment would catch us out, and we’d have to buy reinforcements in January.

We needn’t have worried. Liverpool didn’t taste defeat in the league again until April 6th 2025, going on a club-record 26-match unbeaten run lasting almost 7 months. In truth, The Reds never looked like relinquishing their lead since taking a stranglehold on 1st place on November 2nd.

The forecasts of naysayers and rivals who argued that Liverpool would inevitably ‘bottle’ the title never came to fruition. Tried as they might, the chasing pack couldn’t land a meaningful blow, with Liverpool’s calm consistency keeping them well ahead of title pretenders Arsenal since January.

Anfield — Credit: Ndoji / Shutterstock.com

Predictably, since then, our knockers pivoted from predictions of a Liverpool downfall to claim that Arne Slot’s charges were handed the title thanks to a bizarre conspiracy from the PGMOL (Professional Game Match Official’s Board). Or that The Reds’ title-winning season has been underwhelming, and the Premier League is somehow weaker than it’s ever been.

The social media moaners will try to diminish the impressiveness of our achievement.

Let them cry on X and Instagram. While they drown in bitter tears, we’ll be at our iconic stadium and lining the streets for weeks. We’ll turn the city Red with our flags, scarves and banners.

Once again, we’ll have dreams and songs to sing.

There’s glory round the fields of Anfield Road. And nobody saw it coming.

That only makes it sweeter.

Liverpool FC – 20 times Champions of England.