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Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) couldn't hide his smile at Destiny Udogi's own goal (Tottenham).
Liverpool, led by head coach Arne Slot, beat Tottenham 5-1 at home in the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at Anfield in Liverpool, England on the 28th (Korea time). Liverpool (82 points), which has won three consecutive games, widened the gap with second-place Arsenal (67 points) to 15 points with four games left before the end of the regular season. This confirmed Liverpool's league victory early, regardless of the results of the remaining games.
Liverpool topped the list for the first time in five seasons since the 2019-2020 season under Jurgen Klopp. It is the team's 20th career first division championship and second since the launch of the EPL in 1992. Liverpool also set a tie with Manchester United for the most wins in the top division of English professional football (division 1).
In particular, the slot coach who took the helm of Liverpool on June 1 last year was named the fifth EPL coach to win the title in his first season after Jose Mourinho (2004-2005 season, Chelsea), Carlo Ancelotti (2009-2010 season, Chelsea), Manuel Feygrini (2013-2014 season, Manchester City) and Antonio Conte (2016-2017 season, Chelsea). Slot also enjoyed the joy of becoming the first Dutch coach to win the EPL title.
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Liverpool faltered in the 12th minute of the first half when Dominic Solanke scored the first goal in a corner kick. However, just four minutes later, Luis Diaz's equalizer came out. Liverpool, which was in the mood, tied the consecutive goals of Alexis McAllister and Cody Gakpo to finish the first half 3-1. Liverpool's momentum did not end here. In the 18th minute of the second half, Salah opened the scoring. Salah from Egypt scored 185 goals in the EPL, beating Sergio Aguero (184 goals) from Argentina who played for Manchester City, and experiencing the joy of 'the most points scored by a foreign player in history'. On top of that, U Do-ki's own goal in the 24th minute of the second half widened the gap to 5-1. Udo-gi reached out to block the ball towards Salah, but rather lowered his head as the ball was sucked into the goal. Salah couldn't hide her smile of joy. Even with U Do-ki next to him, he didn't let go of his bright smile. Liverpool enjoyed the championship party with a 5-1 victory at home.
After the game, the slot manager thanked Coach Klopp " As I came to the stadium by bus, everyone said 'I can never lose today. We always find a way to win. Every member of the team should be praised."
Meanwhile, Tottenham recorded 11 wins, 4 draws and 19 losses this season, recording the most losses in a season (1993-1994, 2003-2004) since the launch of the EPL. With four games left in the regular league, Tottenham will record the most losses in a single EPL season with one more loss. The teams that have lost more than Tottenham until the 34th round are Ipswich Town (21 losses), Leicester City (24) and Southampton (27) who have already been demoted to the second division next season. Son Heung-min was unable to play in four official matches (3 EPL matches, 1 Europa League match) due to a foot injury.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
