This should not happen.
Not with a Rookie manager who replaces a legend, a dissatisfied galactico who apparently wants to come true and a lack of action in the transfer window of last summer.
The Premier League campaign from Liverpool was so consistent, and their title profit so inevitable for so long that we have forgotten how few people have given them a lot in winning the title in the first campaign of Arne Slot.
The Dutchman is not the first boss to be crowned champion in his first season in English football – the Chelsea trio of Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Antonio Conte have managed it all, just like Manuel Pellegrini in Manchester City, with Arsene Won in his first full campaign in Arsenal.
Nevertheless, it was assumed that the exit of Jurgen Klopp should be, the uncertainty about the future of Mo Salah was supposed to be an almighty distraction.
Throw in the frustration of Liverpool failure to land important summery recruits and there was little expectation that they could deduct Manchester City and revise Arsenal to reach the top.
Yet, with just a few weeks of the season, we are already confirmed, and Liverpool's record-equal 20th English title title.
The Reds are now able to parade the Premier League trophy for the first time in a full Anfield – their only earlier such success has arrived behind closed doors, during the pandemic.
In contrast to their national anthem, Liverpool only walked at the top of the table for months.
Since the hope for the four -fold, a Treble or even a double evaporated in February and March, the side of Slot has been damned with vague praise, as 'happy' champions during a bad season.
Yet this is nonsense. The Reds were unbeaten for almost seven months in the competition between a defeat of a home by Nottingham Forest in September and a loss in Fulham in early April.
For almost four months they had no defeat in a competition – winning 15 of the 16 games during one run reached as rememberable as Klopp.
And City's record 19-point winning margin of 2018 is still very much in the sights of Liverpool, so there has been nothing lucky.
Has it generally been a bad competition season? Well, the scale of the melting of the city was extraordinary after the side of Pep Guardiola had completed an unprecedented four consecutive English titles.
Yet Arsenal, who have been closest to Liverpool – were good enough if the distant challengers have been to reach the semi -final of the Champions League, who struck Real Madrid.
Newcastle is reviving, forest a remarkable surprise package and Aston Villa a growing force, even if Chelsea was flattered to mislead, while Manchester United and Tottenham disappeared without traces.
For Liverpool, striking results and performance were rare-a demolition in the early season of United in Old Trafford, Away Day Thrashings of Tottenham and West Ham and a hugely important double over the city.
After that was completed with a victory in the Etihad – which Klopp never reached in the competition – Liverpool was clear 11 points and Salah stated: “I and the big boys in the team we need a different title.”
The Reds are relentlessly good, instead of fascinating brilliant, but many clubs have organized similar title -winning campaigns.
That largely bare summer transfer window – in which the less spotted Federico Chiesa was the only signing of Liverpool – may have given a happy accident for lock.
Desperate to sign Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad to anchor his midfield, rather trusted in Ryan Gravenberch instead of his regular player – then his countryman saw his countryman's fellow countryman the best player in the competition during the first half of the season.
In the meantime, Salah had finished last season in Open Revolt against Klopp, a Touchline Drift Bui near West Ham when the Liverpool title challenged last spring, and joined suggestions that the Egyptend wanted.
The ambition of the filthy Saudi -Saoedian Pro competition bosses to conquer Salah – the most Muslim football player on the planet – has been an open secret for 18 months.
Although Salah often wonders about the assumed absence of a new contract offer from the Anfield board, he never removed the ball, he produced one of his best campaigns and is currently at the top of the charts for goals and assists.
It is known that Salah prefers Slot's Man-Management style above that of Klopp and his decision to sign a new two-year-old deal has done wonders for Liverpool's hope to defend their crowns and win back-to-back titles for the first time.
Like most champions, this Liverpool side is built on fixed defensive foundations that were recorded during the Glorie years of Klopp.
Alisson remains world class between the sticks, skipper Virgil van Dijk has been at its best for most of the season, with Ibrahima Konate a rock next to him.
With Trent Alexander-Arnold went to Real Madrid and Andy Robertson disappeared over the hill, Alisson and Van Dijk remain the familiar years of Klopp Peak years.
Slot is wise in his 'Ain't Broke, Don't fix it' approach, when a manager with a larger ego would have been desperately to give his own stamp.
Yet the Liverpool playing style has become less hectic, more risk -suffering than during the heavy metal era of Klopp.
The midfield Trio Klopp gathered during his makeover 2023 – Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai have learned and excelled.
In the front, Salah has taken most of the targeted responsibility – only he and Luis Diaz have scored more than six competition goals for the Reds this season.
But even the mis -falling Darwin Nunez had his moments – including a late double to beat Brentford in January, on the same day Arsenal gave a lead of two goals against Aston Villa on a day that went a long way to deny a good title race.
One more thing, while Liverpool will never be extremely popular champions throughout the country – thanks to the schedule -sumperiority complex of their fans – they have become more difficult not to like to find it.
For all Kloppy Grijns van Klopp, he and his attack -dog assistant Pep Libnders were not fun by rival managers and coaches, as well as by many referees – as David Coote let so notorious slide in one of the videos that would spell his downfall.
Slot was punished for a large tantrum aimed at Michael Oliver after the concession of a late equalizer during the last Goodison Park Derby in February, and the referee told him to blame him if Liverpool would not win the title. He doesn't have to worry.
But the Dutchman is a pleasant, modest guy in the heart.
Slot has won his title with Klopp's team and without a desire to make this all over himself.
At the moment he looks like the modest Bob Paisley to Klopp's Bombastic Bill Shankly.
The rest of the competition will hope that this will end as a false comparison.
Paisley won six competition titles and three European cups.
But while Klopp unleashed a storm on Merseyside, that storm ended.
A golden sky is in place.