{"id":48712,"date":"2020-06-26T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=48712"},"modified":"2020-06-26T11:38:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:38:30","slug":"liverpool-win-first-premier-league-title-since-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/liverpool-win-first-premier-league-title-since-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool win first Premier League title since 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"placeholder1\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-page-container\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"article-page\" class=\"article-page-section\">\n<div class=\"Ads-200626025740376\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"container main-container main-container-scroll\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-main-content cc_cursor\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<article id=\"main-article-block\" class=\"main-article-block clear-fix\">\n<div class=\"main-article-body cc_cursor\">\n<p id=\"body-200771816342556199\" class=\"article-p-wrapper\"><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Liverpool football\u00a0<\/span>fans are celebrating after the club won the English Premier League title for the first time in 30 years.\u00a0 Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side secured the title after second-placed Manchester City lost 2-1 to Chelsea in London, meaning Liverpool could not be caught with a 23-point lead over City with seven games remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-p-wrapper\">Despite social-distancing rules and restrictions on public gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic,<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0<\/span>supporters flocked to Anfield to show their joy at the team&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-p-wrapper\">Fans turned the sky red with flares and fireworks and sang the club&#8217;s famous songs and chants, including the team&#8217;s anthem You&#8217;ll Never Walk Alone. Even as clock ticked past midnight, crowds outside Anfield were still swelling, with fans scaling the walls of the stadium. On social media, the hashtags #Liverpool and #You&#8217;llNeverWalkAlone were trending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-p-wrapper\">All Premier League games since the competition resumed have been held behind closed doors, so fans were not at the stadium when<span class=\"highlight cc_cursor\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0<\/span>beat Crystal Palace 4-0 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-p-wrapper\">\n<h3>Long wait<\/h3>\n<p>The celebrations took over the city centre, with the Cunard Building, by the Pier Head, lit up in red for the night. Elsewhere, St Luke&#8217;s Church, known locally as the bombed-out church, became a focal point for fans to congregate, let off fireworks and go through their repertoire of songs. Cars were kept out of the area by police, but supporters around the city blared their horns in jubilation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-p-wrapper\">&#8220;We have all waited so long, everyone who has been involved in the club, they had been desperate to bring the title home for the supporters,&#8221; former<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0<\/span>captain Jamie Carragher, who sprayed a bottle of champagne in the air, told Sky Sports.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-p-wrapper\">&#8220;You see the scenes tonight.&#8221;<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Liverpool\u00a0<\/span>players gathered at a local hotel and after watching the broadcast of the game from Stamford Bridge celebrated among themselves, away from the supporters.&#8221;We won&#8217;t tell you the exact location but we are all in a hotel together as a team,&#8221; said fullback Andy Robertson.&#8221;We thought something hopefully special was going to happen, and that&#8217;s how it turned out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aljazeera_incontent\" data-google-query-id=\"COfjs-CCn-oCFW4PBgAdXZIPEw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186\/aljazeera_incontent_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body-artSource\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>SOURCE: REUTERS NEWS AGENCY<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"footer-top-socials\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool football\u00a0fans are celebrating after the club won the English Premier League title for the first time in 30 years.\u00a0 Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side secured the title after second-placed Manchester City lost 2-1 to Chelsea in London, meaning Liverpool could not be caught with a 23-point lead over City with seven games remaining. 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