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The giant banner, draped from the edge of one penalty box to the other on the Anfield turf, said all that needed to be communicated: Premier League champions.

Having been handed his medal from the great Alan Hansen, Virgil van Dijk hoisted the Premier League title up high, and the accompanying pyro and confetti burst into the Merseyside sky along with it to light up the sequence that had only been confined only to dreams since 1990.

And having already won two European Cups on May 25, the date that is synonymous with success at Liverpool FC now has a new chapter added to it.

This was a world away from the surreal scenes of July 2020, when this club last lifted the biggest trophy in English football in front of an empty Anfield.

It's why the expected addition of Jeremie Frimpong and the potential arrival of Florian Wirtz, both from Bayer Leverkusen, should foster an early summer belief that Liverpool can now go on and secure their 21st league title in 12 months' time to go clear of Manchester United as the most successful team in English league football.

An emotional Alexander-Arnold was spared the ire that greeted him against Arsenal a fortnight ago - the point had been made then and this was a much grander occasion.

After Ryan Gravenberch had been given his marching orders for bringing down Daichi Kamada as the last man, when already on a booking for diving, it was Mohamed Salah who had the final word, rifling high into the net for the 10 men for his 29th Premier League goal of an exceptional term.

From the great midfield rebuild of 2023 that saw Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai arrive, through to the mid-season shrewdness to sign Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo in 2022 and 2023, respectively, and the painstaking contract negotiations for Van Dijk and Salah, that may very well have played a part in keeping performance levels from both at a world-class standard for so long this season.

Slot spoke on Friday of his aim to create an Anfield dynasty in the mould of his predecessor and with so many of the ingredients available to aid the Reds boss, this summer might just be the ideal time to flex the might that this club possesses in stature, finance and now status, as champions of the most exhilarating and exacting league in world football.
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