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Gary Rose
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No-one was in any mood for negativity, so it was a nice touch that Trent Alexander-Arnold was cheered onto the pitch as a half-time substitute on Sunday to play his final 45 minutes in a Liverpool shirt.

Having been booed by some Reds' fans at Anfield in the game after announcing he would end his two-decade long association with the club at the end of the season, the response this time was only positive as his first touch of the ball was greeted by huge applause.

There were more big cheers when he was presented with the trophy and the full-back struggled to hold back the tears as he hugged his team-mates for a final time on the Anfield pitch.

"I didn't know what to expect stepping out at Anfield after what had happened a few weeks ago," Alexander-Arnold told Sky Sports.

"I wanted to play for the club one more time and he [Arne Slot] trusted me to play. To get the reception I got means more than anything.

"I've played hundreds of games for the club but I've never felt so loved and cared for than today.

"There wasn't a day, minute, second that I didn't think about the team. Twenty years is a very long time time but I've loved every single minute of it. The ups and the downs.

"It's been an honour and privilege to be part of. I'll remember this day. It's very special for me. It goes down as the best day of my life."

It was fitting that Alexander-Arnold's final Liverpool performance was up there with some of his best. He displayed his incredible range of passing to help turn the tide of the match in the home side's favour.

"It was no surprise they [the fans] were brilliant today, and also towards Trent," said Slot. "It also helped what an unbelievable half he played. He deserved it - I'm very happy for him in and around the club.

"Everyone could see how difficult he had it after the game and that shows how hard it is to leave the club. That is all we can do, make it hard for players to leave the club but it was great for him to have the farewell."

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Liverpool fans, we think you probably haven't had quite enough of the trophy celebrations pictures just yet.

So, here are seven of our favourites:

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On this day 20 years ago came what - for many - was Liverpool's greatest night.

A generation of fans saw what they had not been previously granted - a European Cup win. An older generation saw it for perhaps a second, third or maybe even fifth time… but never like this.

The events of Istanbul bonded families.

Stories of the night, of six second-half minutes, of trying to locate the Ataturk Stadium and of the parade all married together for an event mums, dads, grandparents and generations still shake heads disbelievingly over today.

On the night itself, one fan sporting a club tracksuit infamously broke on to the pitch. He danced with players, kissed the trophy and even featured in team photographs.

The gent in question was in fact a celebrated and respected full-back at non-league Vauxhall Motors. Even though he spent his weekends competing doggedly in English football's sixth tier at the time and knew the buzz of victory as a paid player, seeing his heroes come back from the dead somehow drew him to the pitch.

Watching in a Liverpool bar, his dad said later: "The greatest night in the Reds' history and my lad's got his face right in the middle of it."

The ending of a 21-year wait for a European Cup did strange things to people. Fast forward to the present and fans are living out the end of another wait as they witness the Reds lift the title in front of them for a first time since 1990.

There was no shootout on foreign fields. Instead, there were tears and shaking heads.

This was the weekend where Liverpool did not celebrate an anniversary but instead laid down a new marker in their history.

The weekend where Ed Sheeran and Sam Fender graced the city to unite revellers in song. The weekend where hundreds of thousands filled the streets for their team. The weekend where red smoke dusted the Liver Birds on the waterfront. If those birds could talk, what would they make of it all?

Perhaps they would say it has bonded families - again.

Very little could be better than that.

We asked for your views on and pictures after Liverpool finished their season with a home draw against Crystal Palace and lifted the Premier League trophy at Anfield.

Here are some of your pictures and comments:

Eugene: Back where we belong. Champions. Well done, boys. Glad TAA played. Last time. Klippity Klopp was there. Great day.

Chris: The PL belongs to us. Honestly and fairly, we didn't give it the finish it should have deserved and the fans deserve but we have won the jackpot and hopefully that gives us more grit and hunger to carry on to next season. Well done to all the players and fans for quite the season. Let's make sure we take what we have learned and go and get more silverware.

Karl: Well done. Head and shoulders above the opposition. Dominated the league. The team will be stronger next season with better full-backs and even more creativity up top. Can't wait!

Mia: Liverpool have had the greatest season - they deserve this so much and it is such an achievement for them. As well, Klopp - our best manager - has returned home for our achievement. Well done, Liverpool. Forever Red.

Ben: This is what dreams are all about. Before the season started, very few people would have realistically thought that the title would be going to Anfield but, as soon as City lost Rodri for the season and began to falter, Liverpool took full advantage and that is why they have lifted the trophy.

Tundi: Anytime Liverpool win the league it's a joyous occasion. Being able to share it with fans IN THE STADIUM is more than wonderful. Winners always want more, so I hope with the incoming signings that Slot's vision bears fruit. If Klopp was Shankly, Slot is Paisley so trophies galore is the minimum for the coming years.

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot, speaking to Sky Sports: "It's always special to win something, but at certain clubs maybe a little bit more. I experienced this at Feyenoord where the fans are so passionate, and it's the same and more over here.

"I don't think you expect anything like this. If you look at the Premier League in the past few seasons, it was always a race to the end - two or three teams competing to the last day. To be part of it was already nice, let alone to win it."

On when his mind switches to next season: "Probably four weeks ago! It never stops. Even during the season you are looking to the next one. The sporting director is more involved in the long term than me, but he keeps me involved the whole time, as you can expect. The targets we have now did not come up last week. We've been looking at them for a long time."

On the defining moment of the season: "Thinking we would be part of it came early in the season after the United win. Before that we played good teams but to beat them 3-0 in their stadium when we expected them to be top six it was 'OK we can compete for the league this season'.

"Then after City away that was really a moment where I thought it was going to be difficult for other teams to end up above us."

Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist

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It had to be Mohamed Salah.

With just six minutes remaining of Sunday's season finale at Anfield against Crystal Palace, Salah stepped up to score the final goal of a memorable, title-winning campaign for Liverpool.

This was always going to be a day of celebration but for a long while it looked like it would be one that ended in a loss after Ismaila Sarr's early goal.

But Liverpool have often found a way and they did once again as they were rewarded for a strong finish as Salah finished from close range.

He was chasing a personal record of the most goal involvements but had been quiet for large periods until this late contribution.

It took his tally to 29 goals and 18 assists, equalling a record held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.

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Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, speaking to BBC 5 Live at Anfield: "Phenomenal. This is what we missed five years ago.

"It was soulless last time. This is what you wanted and this is what we expected today. "What an incredible atmosphere it is.

"I'm a little bit lost for words. This is brilliant to see the players enjoying it so much.

"Since FSG have come in, the thought behind what goes on is meticulous and I think that is credit to the way the club is being run since they came in. This will be so well planned over the past two or three months and I think the parade will be extra special again tomorrow.

"This is brilliant."

BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent John Murray at Anfield: "Virgil van Dijk hoists the Premier League trophy and Liverpool are the champions for 2025. And this time we don't have to imagine all the people as in 2020. Today, we can share it as one.

"Red ticker tape all over Anfield. Red smoke everywhere, what a brilliant scene.

"There's a banner in the corner of the Kop which says, 'He brought us number 20 and his name is Arne Slot', and that's what they've got.

"This Premier League title means they're champions for a record-equalling 20 times.

"Red and white scarves raised on the Kop, in the Sir Kenny Dalglish stand, in the Main Stand, at the Anfield Road End.

"And the Liverpool players, all of the first-team squad, coaches, the lot of them, in one long wobbly line on the edge of the area in front of the Kop with the Premier League trophy on the penalty spot.

"Great scenes."

So the curtain has come down on Liverpool's glorious season with a draw against Crystal Palace at Anfield.

Mohamed Salah's leveller means he equalled the record for most goal contributions in a Premier League campaign - but in truth today is all about the players being able to lift the trophy and celebrate a league title in front of their fans for the first time for 35 years.

How are you feeling after the game and at the end of a long campaign?

Have your say on Liverpool's performance and season here

Come back to this page later to find a selection of your replies

And keep sending us in your celebration photos and experiences of a big day at Anfield here

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Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is in attendance at Anfield to watch the Reds lift the Premier League trophy after the game against Crystal Palace.

There's four changes for Liverpool as Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Luis Diaz and Curtis Jones start.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson, Gravenberch, Bradley.

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Endo, Nunez, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah

Crystal Palace also make four changes with Tyrick Mitchell, Daichi Kamada, Ebere Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta all returning to the starting XI.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Lerma, Muñoz, Kamada, Hughes, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.

Subs: Turner, Ward, Kporha, Devenny, França, Esse, Nketiah.

Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist

My train to Liverpool from Manchester today may as well have been a party train.

Liverpool fans en route to Anfield had taken over the carriage I was in with a stereo playing "You'll Never Walk Alone" out loud as supporters sang along.

Liverpool fans are not the only ones in celebratory mood with Crystal Palace supporters toasting their successful end to the season following their FA Cup win.

There were a few mildly disconcerting Oliver Glasner masks on display on the train over too!

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We asked for your pictures of how you're celebrating on a day 35 years in the making for Liverpool as they get to lift the Premier League trophy in front of fans.

Here are some from early in the day:

And keep them coming in here, with a few words about your experience of a historic day

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Liverpool secured the Premier League title nearly a month ago but they have had to wait to lift the trophy in front of their home supporters.

But today, Arne Slot and his Reds will finally get their hands on it!

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Liverpool reporter Matt Addison and Reds fan Lewis Aspinall have paid tribute to Mohamed Salah's incredible individual season before the Reds' final game of the season on Sunday.

Salah was named Premier League player of the season on Saturday after a title-winning campaign in which he has registered 28 league goals - five more than anyone else - as well as 18 assists so far.

"He's just a freak of nature," said Aspinall. "He's in his 30s and playing like someone at their absolute peak. There's no denying just how top quality he is. He's the best right winger in Premier League history - maybe English top-flight history.

"When Arne Slot came, I don't think anyone could have thought that there was another level to Mo Salah than the one we were seeing. But he looks fitter than ever and some of the goals he's scored this season are unbelievable. He's just been monumental.

"He's one of the greatest players I've ever had the privilege of watching in a Liverpool shirt and this season is one of the best individual campaigns from any player in English football history."

Salah needs to score or assist against Crystal Palace to equal the record for most goal contributions in a Premier League season - with Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole the joint-record holders on 47 - and Addison believes he belongs alongside the likes of Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush among the great Liverpool players of all time.

"I think so," he added. "It's hard to rank these players who come from different eras and have won different things but every box you look at with Salah he ticks.

"The goals, assists, work-rate, what he offers the team and trophies mean there is no doubt he is up there in the top three or four [greatest Liverpool players]."

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This is an example of an end-of-season game which is impossible to predict. It is the champions versus the FA Cup winners but I have no idea what kind of teams both managers will put out.

Liverpool have pretty much been on the beach since they secured their title at the end of April, while Palace left out several first-team players in their win over Wolves on Tuesday, with Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta only coming on for the last 10 minutes.

Palace are on a high after their Wembley win last weekend and if Eze and Mateta start against a weakened Liverpool side then I'd fancy the Eagles' chances. They have got some good players, and the pressure is completely off them.

You have to think that Arne Slot will go with a strong side here, though, to finish a great season with a win in front of the Anfield crowd before Liverpool get their hands on the Premier League trophy at full-time.

That's what I am guessing Slot will do, but it's a big gamble by me with my predictions title on the line.

Slot might do something very different and Eze and Mateta could cause carnage if Virgil van Dijk is left on the bench again, like he was in Monday's defeat by Brighton.

Sutton's prediction: 3-1

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Liverpool have offered Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz a contract worth more than £320,000 a week as they look to wrap up a deal for the playmaker. (Sky Sports Switzerland - in French, external)

Meanwhile, the Reds will battle with Newcastle for Brighton's 23-year-old Brazilian forward Joao Pedro. (Talksport, external)

Finally, Nottingham Forest are considering a move for Liverpool's 22-year-old English defender Jarell Quansah. (Football Insider, external)

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