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"After 20 years at Liverpool Football Club, now is the time for me to confirm that I will be leaving at the end of the season. This is easily the hardest decision I’ve ever made in my life. I know many of you have wondered why or been frustrated that I haven’t spoken about this yet, but it was always my intention to keep my full focus on the team’s best interests, which was securing No.20 (20th league title for Liverpool).

"This club has been my whole life – my whole world - for 20 years. From the academy right through until now, the support and love I have felt from everyone inside and outside of the club will stay with me forever. I will forever be in debt to you all. But, I have never known anything else and this decision is about experiencing a new challenge, taking myself out of my comfort zone and pushing myself both professionally and personally."

Trent Alexander-Arnold has confirmed he will leave Liverpool when his contract expires at the end of the season.

More to follow.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Cole Palmer's talent is worthy of the highest Champions League stage, so it was fitting he was back to his brilliant best to push Chelsea closer to a return to Europe's elite tournament.

The stunning form that inspired the Blues early in the season, making them title dark horses at one point, deserted him as he went 18 games in all competitions without a goal, leaving them with a fight on their hands to reach the top five.

This was Palmer at his best, a hive of industry and creation that illustrated exactly why he is central to all of his side's hopes for success.

His dip in form has become a widespread topic of conversation, but he insists his own feelings and attitude have never changed – along with his refusal to study any social media opinions.

Palmer was involved in all three goals and was unfortunate not to end his goal drought earlier than he did, when another superb incursion into the area ended with a shot from a tight angle that beat Liverpool keeper Alisson but hit the post.

The 22-year-old's dry spell ended with almost the last kick of the game, a penalty in the sixth minute of added time, and dispatched with confidence to end that worrying sequence stretching back to a 2-2 draw at home to Bournemouth on 14 January.

The wait for a goal was over after 1,162 minutes.

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That would be some 4D Chess from Liverpool there, Mark.

Even if Newcastle fail to make top five I think it will still be difficult for Liverpool to prise Isak away, given his long contract and Newcastle's healthy financial position.

Potentially the most significant moment of Chelsea's much-needed win at home to Premier League champions Liverpool on Sunday came in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

Cole Palmer had hit the post with a late effort that could have put Chelsea out of sight before Reds captain Virgil van Dijk put the pressure on, heading home on 86 minutes to halve Chelsea's lead.

The match was in the balance until Jarrell Quansah fouled Moises Caicedo in the box and Palmer stepped up to finish from the penalty spot - wrapping up Chelsea's win by ending a sequence of 18 games without a goal.

Cue mass celebrations as the entire Chelsea team rushed to congratulate the England forward...

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Clinton Morrison
Former Crystal Palace striker on Football Daily

I don't think he [Cole Palmer] is a person who suffers from a lack of confidence, but obviously he would have been thinking about it, in the back of his mind.

He plays in a different kind of role where he can assist, but because his numbers were so good last season everyone was questioning him during the goal drought he has gone through this season.

There is pressure on him because he is the main man there at Chelsea - everything goes through Cole Palmer.

It would have affected him and you saw when he scored everyone went and celebrated with him, so it was a big relief and that should give him confidence for the last three games of the season.

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For Match of the Day 2 pundits Danny Murphy and Wayne Rooney, there was no doubt that Cole Palmer was the player of the match in Chelsea's win at home to Premier League champions Liverpool on Sunday:

"He was absolutely outstanding," said former Liverpool midfielder Murphy. "What a player. I love watching him play, even if it was destroying my team.

"He's just got such football intelligence, such bravery. His movement, his vision, everything about him. He plays free. I know he has had a tough time recently, I know he has faced a little bit of criticism but you wouldn't know it with today's performance because he was the catalyst for everything."

Rooney added: "He's been on a fantastic run since he has joined Chelsea, he has been the catalyst for Chelsea since he joined the club. He's gone through little periods [this season] where the goals haven't come as much but his performances have still been really good.

"You have these patches and when you are young sometimes it is difficult to understand why you are having them and how to get out of them.

"The best way to get out of them is to keep things simple and what I really like about Cole Palmer is he actually doesn't - he keeps trying to make things happen by trying the difficult passes to have an effect on the game.

"He looks very calm, very cultured and I am sure that goal will really help from now until the end of the season to help Chelsea get a Champions League spot."

Mario Melchiot
Former Netherlands defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Moises Caicedo played against Cody Gakpo and, watching him, I always see him put 100% in the game.

Every time Gakpo tried to hold onto the ball, Caicedo let him know that he’s there and not going anywhere. He kept on kicking him, and I was like 'oh my god, this is a big final for him', the way he played this game. He played as a right-back even though he’s a midfielder.

Liverpool

Manager Arne Slot admitted Liverpool were not quite at their best away to a "very good" Chelsea team.

"Margins are small and today you could see maybe in some moments a few percentages were not there, for example the lead-up to both Chelsea's first two goals," said Slot.

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Manchester United weren't the only club to name a weakened starting line-up on Sunday.

Liverpool made six changes from the side that beat Tottenham last weekend to clinch the title, with our very own Phil McNulty saying that it resulted "in a display lacking some of their traditional intensity until it was too late".

Those to come in were Jarell Quansah, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Wataru Endo, Harvey Elliott, Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota.

Quansah conceded an own goal although that came from a clearance which captain Virgil van Dijk kicked against the 22-year-old defender.

We're about to bring you more reaction from Sunday's Premier League games and will ask which teams you think will prevail over the remaining fixtures.

Liverpool may have clinched the title while we already know which sides will be relegated, but there is still plenty to play for in terms of European qualification.

Brentford

Brentford boss Thomas Frank was "very happy until 4-1", with his team conceding two late goals in Sunday's win over Manchester United.

That 4-3 win keeps the Bees in the hunt for European qualification, though.

Frank added: "It's great to have something to push for, to give that extra edge, and you can see the players are pushing."

Manchester United

Manchester United have the second leg of their Europa League semi-final at home to Athletic Bilbao on Thursday.

For Sunday's game at Brentford, boss Ruben Amorim therefore made eight changes to his starting line-up from the first leg.

Youngsters Tyler Fredricson, Harry Amass and Chido Obi came into a United side that was captained by Luke Shaw, and Amorim said he "liked the young kids" and there are "good things for the future".

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Ruben Amorim is the latest manager trying to sort out the situation at Manchester United.

And although the Red Devils could reach the Europa League final in the Portuguese boss' first season in charge, United legend Wayne Rooney says their European run is "papering over the cracks" at Old Trafford.

Sunday's defeat at Brentford keeps United in 15th place and, with three games left, they remain in danger of their lowest top-flight finish since they were relegated in 1973–74.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter in Istanbul

About an hour after Manchester United lost at Brentford, two of their former managers were going head to head in an Istanbul derby.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Besiktas came out on top against Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce thanks to a first-half goal from former Tottenham player Gedson Fernandes.

"We should enjoy these moments," he said. "Games like this are the ones you live for as a player.

"It wasn't our best performance but the players scrapped and fought. Defensively we were outstanding in the second half."

Solskjaer is the first foreign coach to lead Besiktas to an away win at Fenerbahce since 2003. He has now beaten likely title winners Galatasaray and Fenerbahce in his 15 games in charge.

Besiktas are now well set to qualify for next season’s Europa League, having been seventh when the Norwegian took over in January.