Liverpool demolished Tottenham 5-1 to clinch the Premier League title at an impassioned Anfield on Sunday, securing its record-equaling 20th English top-flight crown.
Arne Slot's men stormed back after conceding a surprise early goal to dominate the match, feeding off the crackling energy from the 60,000-plus crowd.
Liverpool, which can no longer be caught by second-place Arsenal, is now even with bitter rival Manchester United with the most top-flight titles in English soccer.
It is just Liverpool's second title of the Premier League era, and the first it has celebrated in front of fans since 1990 — the 2020 triumph came in a stadium that was nearly empty due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Slot, who is in his first season in English soccer, said he built on the solid foundation left by Jurgen Klopp, who departed last year after a successful nine-year reign.
"Almost the whole season, we were on the top of the league and had a team that could win it," he told Sky Sports.
"We know how tough the Premier League is, but we always had the belief we could win it.
"The work Jurgen (Klopp) and (assistant) Pep (Lijnders) left, the culture, work rate, quality, was outstanding. We started (the season) really well and maybe it helped that (Manchester) City had a difficult spell that they have not had in five years.
"When the season started, we would have been happy with top four. But I don't think that is fair on the players as they are much better than that, and they have shown it this season."
Slot's men started on the front foot after a stirring rendition of club anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" in the warm spring sunshine, but were rocked by an early goal from Tottenham's Dominic Solanke.
Liverpool, however, barely blinked and roared back with a Luis Diaz tap-in and a screamer from Alexis Mac Allister.
Now the party was well and truly started, and Cody Gakpo made it 3-1, slamming a shot into the bottom corner after Spurs failed to clear.
The Liverpool fans ran through their full repertoire of songs as their team pushed for a fourth goal in the second half.
Top-scorer Mohamed Salah delivered the goal the crowd craved, collecting Dominik Szoboszlai's pass before cutting in and blasting his shot into the bottom corner.
He celebrated by grabbing a fan's phone before taking a selfie in front of the Kop.
Deafening cheers of "We're going to win the league" and "We shall not be moved" rang out.
Liverpool had a fifth when Spurs defender Destiny Udogie poked the ball past his own goalkeeper from close range with 21 minutes to go.
As the game went into added time the club's anthem rang out again as scarves were held aloft, and the final whistle elicited a thunderous roar.
The win leaves Liverpool with 82 points, 15 ahead of Arsenal with just four games remaining.
Tottenham is a miserable 16th in the Premier League standings after its 19th defeat of the season, putting manager Ange Postecoglou under enormous pressure.
Tens of thousands of fans swarmed around Anfield in the run-up to kickoff in anticipation of Liverpool's coronation, setting off flares as the home team's bus arrived.
Flags and scarves saying "Liverpool 20-time Champions" were on sale from stalls outside the ground.
At the start of the campaign, Pep Guardiola's City was favored to extend its dynastic Premier League reign and make it five titles in a row, but its form collapsed.
Arsenal emerged as Liverpool's closest challenger, but it drew too many games, failing to take advantage of the rare slip-ups from Slot's team.
It was feared the club's players would need time to adapt to Slot's methods, but the former Feyenoord boss sailed serenely through the season despite relentless speculation over the futures of three of his biggest stars — Salah, captain Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Both Salah and Van Dijk have now signed two-year extensions, though England defender Alexander-Arnold is believed to be on the verge of a move to Real Madrid.
"A lot of emotions before the game, during the whole week, but we got the job done and we are truly deserved champions of England," said Van Dijk.
"The most beautiful club in the world and I think we deserve all of this."
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