Anfield is ready to erupt once more, with Arne Slot ready to carve his name into Premier League history the Liverpool way.
Five years after Liverpool’s long-awaited Premier League triumph was muted by empty stands and socially distanced celebrations, a new chapter is about to begin – this time, with the faithful inside the cathedral of dreams.
Arne Slot, the calm architect of Liverpool’s rebirth, knows what is at stake.
“It’s a big responsibility because we are aware of the fact that the last time this club won the league, it was Covid time, so everybody is looking forward to Sunday,” he said.
Slot continued, “But we know that there’s still a job to be done, and that’s at least one point. That’s what we know, that’s something we are definitely aware of here inside this building.
Hopefully, our fans support us in the best possible way they can, which they’ve done the whole season, and are aware of the fact that we still need a point.”
Liverpool need just one more point from their final five games. The Reds are a whisper away from an eruption that Anfield has long been brewing.
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The Dutch manager is standing on the brink of history. Should Liverpool cross the finish line, he will join an exclusive club – Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Antonio Conte, and Manuel Pellegrini – managers who won the Premier League in their debut season.
Even the likes of Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, and Arsene Wenger can’t count themselves as members of this club. Slot is just one point away from conquering England for the very first time of asking.
His achievement would be singular. He would become the first Dutchman, and only the third Liverpool boss after Joe Fagan (in 1983-84) and Kenny Dalglish (in 1985-86), to win the league in his first full season in charge.
Fagan’s 1983-84 Liverpool were a relentless juggernaut, sweeping to an unprecedented treble despite a rocky start. Dalglish, with boots still laced, led a shaken Liverpool past their fiercest rivals, Everton, to win both the league and FA Cup in 1986. Slot’s story carries the same vintage spirit.
Five years ago, Klopp’s Liverpool won the league by an 18-point chasm, but joy felt strangely hollow. Now, there are no closed gates, no empty seats. There is only an expectant Anfield, where every banner and every anthem will carry the weight of those lost moments.
On Sunday, Liverpool will welcome a weary Tottenham side with one eye on Europe. The stakes will be more than silver and statistics. They will be about memories rekindled, wrongs righted, and dreams made whole.
Slot and his players must not be overwhelmed by the occasion – only elevated by it.
This time, Liverpool will lift it together with the Kop.
This time they will not walk alone.
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