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And one glance at the travelling Kop as Cole Palmer put the result beyond doubt was all the evidence required.

Rather than remonstrate at Liverpool being consigned to only their third Premier League defeat of the season, the Reds fans were instead celebrating almost as vociferously as the home Chelsea supporters.

There was an even more surreal moment after the final whistle when, as Arne Slot’s players saluted the away end, Ibrahima Konate was dancing as the Liverpool faithful continued to party.



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Indeed, there was barely a pause for breath throughout the game.

That Konate had been an unused substitute said much about the strength of the Liverpool side Slot fielded, making six changes with four of the XI having made a combined total of nine Premier League starts this season.

Representative of the campaign it was not

And when prefacing the game by insisting his team’s efforts this season be judged by their points tally after 34 games – 82, for those who need reminding – Slot had hinted at what was likely to come.

And while, perhaps unlike at Manchester City in 2020, this was by no means a matter of Liverpool phoning it in – they had the greater possession and could easily have been level by the time Palmer’s injury-time spot kick sealed a 3-1 loss – there was an understandable sense of the collective foot being taken off the gas, certainly in terms of concentration

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Chelsea fans raced through their regular Steven Gerrard chants – referencing an incident 11 years previous after which Liverpool have now won the championship twice – but it mattered not to those who had made the long journey from Merseyside.

The game was lost, but the title is won
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