Liverpool clinched the 2024/25 Premier League title with a commanding 5-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, ending Manchester City‘s run of four consecutive titles from 2021 to 2024, as reported by Daily Mail, Sky Sports, The Independent, and Metro UK. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola graciously congratulated Liverpool and their new head coach, Arne Slot, who achieved the feat in his debut season succeeding Jurgen Klopp, per BBC Sport and Liverpool.com.
Speaking after City’s 2-0 win against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, Guardiola said, “Before we start, on behalf of myself and the club we want to congratulate Liverpool for their Premier League victory. Well deserved, no doubt about that, a fantastic team. Give me one year, like it happened the last four years and hopefully next season we can do better and compete until the end of the season. Liverpool, congratulations,” per Sky Sports and Metro UK. His remarks, echoed in X posts by @SkySportsNews and @thisisanfield, highlighted Liverpool’s dominance, with 24 wins and only two losses in 34 matches, securing a 15-point lead over second-placed Arsenal with four games remaining, per ESPN and The Athletic.
Liverpool’s title, their 20th English top-flight championship, drew them level with Manchester United‘s record, a milestone celebrated by 750,000 fans flooding Liverpool’s streets, per Daily Mail. Mohamed Salah, who scored in the Tottenham rout alongside Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo, and an own goal by Destiny Udogie, called the triumph “100 per cent better” than their 2020 title under Klopp, crediting Slot’s “tough” yet clear tactics, per Sky Sports. Slot, the first Dutch coach to win the Premier League, paid tribute to Klopp, chanting his name post-match in a gesture reciprocating Klopp’s farewell song for him in May 2024, per BBC Sport and Daily Mail.
City’s dip, leaving them fourth and 21 points behind Liverpool, was attributed to injuries, notably Rodri‘s absence, reducing their points average from 2.37 to 1.69 per game, per Premier League. Despite City’s 2024 title win after a tight race with Arsenal, their 2025 struggles, including a 2-0 loss to Liverpool in December, underscored Slot’s squad overhaul, per Sporting News. X post by @htTweets quoted Guardiola acknowledging the gap, saying, “We are a thousand million points behind,” reflecting City’s challenge, per The Hindu.
Guardiola’s classy message, rooted in a rivalry marked by mutual respect with Klopp since their Bundesliga days, per The Independent, signals hope for a City resurgence in 2025/26, where Bet365 lists Liverpool as 15-8 favorites, City at 9-4, and Arsenal at 5-2, per Metro UK. As Liverpool prepare for a May 26 trophy parade, Slot’s focus remains on the next challenge, with captain Virgil van Dijk urging “one final push” for remaining fixtures, per Sky Sports.
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