No Jurgen Klopp, no selection framework identities and three out-contract stars that dominate the headlines. At the start of the season, nobody saw this victory coming in Liverpool title.
The side of Arne Slot defeated Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 on Super Sunday to seal the Premier League in the first season of the Dutchman in the top flight of England.
But not much Liverpool as Prime opportunities in August had.
Before a ball was even kicked, Liverpool of third place, Liverpool, only had a 5.1 percent chance to win the Premier League, according to the OPTA Supercomputer. Arsenal was second favorites with 12.2 percent, while Manchester City were huge favorites at 82.2 percent.
Even Jamie Carragher had only predicted a third placed finish for Slot's side. “There are areas of the Liverpool team that need to be strengthened, but I love the fact that they do not panic,” he explained.
Gary Neville was now far from convinced and predicted that they would finish fifth – behind Manchester United – in the table. “Liverpool, my opinion would be the impact of [losing] Klopp will take his toll, “he said.
“Proof of history, this season there will be pain at a certain moment and it can cost them.
“I really wonder if that midfield of Liverpool can get up during the season. I think Manchester United has had more depth in midfield.”
So how did Liverpool go from sturdy outsiders to both hands on the trophy? This is the story of their season.
The start of the season – OPTA Premier League title predictions
Comebacks make liverpool -favorites
Many point to Rodri's injury in September as the turning point for the title references of multi -year champions Man City. Nevertheless, Liverpool had to wait two months after the ACL injury of the Spaniard was officially mentioned the name of the competition.
The period between the international breaks of October and November swung the title race in the direction of Liverpool. Slot's Reds took four points against Chelsea and Arsenal in the room of a week to keep their two nearest rivals at bay.
The point with the Emirates-descending of 1-0 and 2-1 to grab a 2-2 draw the start of three impressive comebacks in the space of a month.
They would fall 1-0 until the impressive Brighton of Fabian Hurzeler saw them take three points before an excellent burst of the second half. Then came a Topsy-Turvy match in Southampton, with the Reds 2-1 to go with half an hour until Mohamed Salah saved the day with a double.
Liverpool was officially title of favorites – according to the OPTA Supercomputer – in the weekend of November 9, when a 2-0 win over Aston Villa came in between the loss of Man City in Brighton and Arsenal's draw in Chelsea.
November 9 – OPTA Premier League -title forecasts:
That weekend was also the first time that Liverpool became favorites with the Bookmakers, who they placed for a price of 6/5, because City lost four Premier League matches in a row. The side of Pep Guardiola went out to 2/1, with Arsenal further away on 4/1.
At the end of the month, Liverpool City defeated 2-0 in Anfield with a performance that was still convincing than the score. The Reds would never lose those favorites Kroon.
December 1 – OPTA Premier League -title forecasts:
The Blip – But Salah and Saka wave the title race further
But that does not mean that Liverpool had no doubts. The two results after the victory over City hinted on a potential cracks in the armor.
Back-to-back December against Newcastle and Fulham brought Arsenal closer to the leaders-also-emphasizing potential areas to improve in this Liverpool team.
Alexander Isak bullyed Liverpool's backline in the 3-3 draw in St James' Park, which led to questions about whether the Reds is no. No. They had themselves to achieve their goals.
Their defensive gaps at Full-Back were exposed by Fulham's Antonee Robinson who called Riot in Anfield in a 2-2 draw-a other player linked to a Liverpool movement.
But the first back-to-back of the Reds dropped the points of the season, were quickly swept under the carpet, guess, Super Salah again.
The Egyptian received four goals and four assists in his last three Premier League matches of 2024 when Tottenham, Leicester and West Ham were thrown away through a total score of 14-4.
Liverpool had the in-form player of Europe, while Arsenal lost the most important star Bukayo Saka at the end of December to an injury of four months. It would be a crucial moment to injure the season of Liverpool's most important title rivals.
January 1 – OPTA Premier League -title forecast:
Super Subs overcome another blip
The new year actually started with a new blip, when Manchester United jerked a draw in Anfield, before Chris Wood Nottingham Forest put 1-0 at Slot's Side on the city ground.
Then in the second half a different theme of Slot's season – Super replacements. A theme in the last season of Klopp, lock built on the German Legacy to change the bank's matches.
The equalizer in the forest came from Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota, who both came from the bank to produce the goal almost immediately. Arsenal benefited from the 1-1 draw by closing the gap via a derby victory in North London on Spurs, but it fell away from the Gunners again days later.
Darwin Nunez got off the bank to score twice in stopping time in Brentford, before Arsenal threw away two goals to go to Aston Villa at home.
January 18 – OPTA Premier League -title forecasts:
Merseyside Mayhem opens the race
Fans of Liverpool are probably about the pain of James Tarkowski's Late Thunderbolt in the last Goodison Park Merseyside Derby, but it has somewhat opened the title race.
The reaction of the Reds to the late level for Everton represented the first time that Liverpool lost their cool in the season. Slot's Smet to referee Michael Oliver and his team earned him a ban from two games, while rattling the cage Arsenal gave a little hope.
The Merseyside Derby result shocked in the coming weeks of the Liverpool season. They scraped along relegation-threatened wolves, who should have walked away from Anfield with at least a draw, before there were more fallen points in Aston Villa.
February 19 – OPTA Premier League title predictions
City crowned and crowned champions crowned
But the weekend was won the title, not officially but effective, came a few days later.
The defeat of Arsenal at home against West Ham – in the aftermath of injuries to be Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz in the middle of the plant – gave Liverpool the opportunity to open an 11 -point gap over the Gunners. In their own way, the ruling champions were in the Etihad Stadium.
The former champions were brought to the sword by the chosen champions. Another Salah target and assistant in the first half helped supporting that Liverpool was no longer the city.
“Of course they didn't win it, but they have that,” said Neville. “It's all over,” added Roy Keane from Sky Sports.
February 23 – Opta's Premier League title predictions:
De 99ers – Liverpool on the edge
Very small doubts were crawling after the last defeat of Carabao Cup against Newcastle, as well as the Champions League Last-16 Exit to Paris Saint-Germain.
But this time the Merseyside Derby worked in favor of Liverpool – when the victory over Everton brought the Reds to a 99 percent chance of winning the title.
Arsenal's 2-1 victory against Fulham took the gap to nine points and many wondered if the title race was back when the Toffees of David Moyes Liverpool gave a big Anfield anxiety in the first half, just when Saka returned for Arsenal.
But the second half winner of Diogo Jota brought Liverpool to the edge of success. Arsenal would also lose Gabriel to a seasonal injury in the same round of luminaires.
April 1 – Opta's Premier League Title Properations