Liverpool and Palace fans in party moodpublished at 14:49 25 May
14:49 25 May
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!
Your pictures so far on silverware Sundaypublished at 14:30 25 May
14:30 25 May
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.
'This time it's different' - James Nelson Joycepublished at 13:51 25 May
13:51 25 May
Watch James Nelson-Joyce - star of hit BBC Series This City is Ours - explain why this season's Premier League winning campaign against a backdrop of change is one Liverpool fans will never forget.
'One of the best individual campaigns in English football history'published at 12:12 25 May
12:12 25 May
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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]."
Sutton's predictions: Liverpool v Crystal Palacepublished at 12:09 25 May
12:09 25 May
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.
Gossip: Reds make Wirtz lucrative contract offerpublished at 12:08 25 May
12:08 25 May
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)
'I couldn't believe it then and I still can't now!' - Carragher on Istanbul 20 years laterpublished at 16:30 24 May
16:30 24 May
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"I couldn't believe it then and I still can't believe it now!"
Jamie Carragher laughs as he recalls Liverpool winning the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan in Istanbul.
Reflecting on a final for the ages, Carragher told BBC Radio Merseyside what it was like to be part of the team that came back from three goals down to beat the Italian giants on penalties.
"We were a defensively strong team but after conceding a goal in the first minute the game plan goes out of the window," he said. "I don't think the team Rafael Benitez selected helped with that because we were far too open. He tried to put more offensive players on the pitch but that blew up in our face.
"Coming off at half-time, I remember thinking 'I don't want this to be five or six nil. I had no thought in my head that we could come back from it and lift the trophy. I don't think anyone in the dressing room did.
"What we wanted to do was stop it from being embarrassing and remembering this final for all of the wrong reasons.
"Most of us were shocked by what happened in the first-half and I don't remember us screaming or shouting at each other. I think we just knew what we were up against and that they had been too good for us.
"After Steven Gerrard scored we thought 'well the score line doesn't look too bad now,' but when it went to 3-2 you could sense the feeling was changing. AC Milan fans were getting more nervous and I felt like we could get the third goal because the momentum was with us.
"You could feel the energy in the crowd to go forward again and then Xabi Alonso scored.
"We hung on in extra-time. I had cramp and we were all getting tired, but we knew what was at stake and penalties would be a lottery.
"I can picture the lads' faces when we won and we were running from the line. I couldn't believe it then and I still can't believe it now!
"Everyone was just in sheer disbelief. I was very lucky to be part of it."
'A club using its history' - 20 years since Istanbul and a 'full-circle moment'published at 16:28 24 May
16:28 24 May
Josh Sexton Fan writer
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"History is only the base for us, but you're not allowed to carry around your big history with you in a backpack."
Jurgen Klopp's words from his unveiling as the new Liverpool manager in 2015 still resonate with me to this day. The club had just celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Reds' famous win over AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul and this weekend we celebrate the 20th anniversary.
I was nine years old when Liverpool completed that miraculous comeback, but it was still a special night for me for so many reasons.
The watershed moment for me had been the 2003 Worthington Cup final and being able to stick it to every Manchester United fan I went to school with. Yet fresh off the back of the heartbreak of seeing Gerard Houllier depart and Michael Owen leave for Real Madrid, I wasn't overly ready to embrace new ideas and find new love.
I'd be lying if I said that the 2004-05 iteration of the Reds had completely captured my imagination. We'd gone from a Ballon d'Or winner to a couple of lads I didn't especially recognise and there wasn't tons of inspiration elsewhere around the pitch for a nine-year-old looking purely for footballing vibes at that stage.
AC Milan, by contrast, had vibes and football heritage in abundance. As their superstars cut swathes through Liverpool in that first 45 minutes, the idea of yet another football heartbreak so early in my career as a supporter completely overwhelmed me to tears. My brother, who was slightly longer in the tooth, had a similar reaction. My mum tried to reassure us that all hope was not lost.
'What does she know,' we agreed… We all know what happened next.
Those scenes caused my brother and I to go from despair upstairs to dancing on the dinner table. It was the greatest night of our lives to that point.
Luckily for us, Liverpool have since managed to add a couple more life-affirming moments to an already-rich tapestry. The symbolism of this weekend's anniversary and being able to see the Premier League trophy lifted by our captain in the flesh will not be lost on me.
A club using its history as a base but not carrying it round in their backpacks will experience yet another full circle moment.
Istanbul - 20 years on...published at 15:03 24 May
15:03 24 May
Liverpool's famous Champions League win in Istanbul took place 20 years ago this weekend.
The Reds will lift the Premier League title on 25 May, the same date on which they came back from three goals down to overcome AC Milan in Turkey in 2005.
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It was a night where Jerzey Dudek wrote his name in history...
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Where Steven Gerrard inspired the club's greatest comeback...
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Where surging runs brought about unlikely equalisers...
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Where shootout nerves hit new levels...
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And where Liverpool earned a first European Cup since 1984
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The 2005 parade offered an outpouring of joy as Liverpool brought the European Cup home for the first time in over two decades
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The parade culminated outside St George's Hall in Liverpool city centre
Here are some of your comments on your selection, as well as some other names thrown into the ring:
Linda: Salah, for me, is an ideal player who children can aspire to be. He is humble but confident, gifted and generous. He is extremely hard working for the team and leads by example. He and Van Dijk are neck and neck as far as those qualities are measured or observed but Salah's goals and assists have made the difference this season. You can tell he is loving his football!
Tracy: Virgil is the captain, anchorman and voice of the Reds, encouraging and strengthening his team's skill and ability in every game. An outstanding player and player of the season.
Robert: Diaz. Work-rate. Attitude. Skill. Unselfish. Team player.
John: Why did Liverpool win the Premier League this season? Salah's goals and assists were huge, as was Van Djik's leadership, but the real engine of the win was the midfield. So, for me, the decision for POTY is between Mac Allister and Gravenberch. A tough choice but in the end I went for Gravenberch. In every Liverpool game I watched this season, he stood out - always impacting the game in and out of possession. The best holding midfielder in the league and possibly in Europe.
Dax: Van Dijk to thank for maintaining his status as the best defender in the league. His leadership on the pitch relaying to the rest of the team everything his manager tells him is unmatched. Solid at the back, devastating going forward, doesn't waste a pass. A phenomenal conductor from the back.
Fraser: This is hard. Honestly, all four of them deserve it. But I'm going to have to go with Salah. Salah has had arguably his best season for Liverpool. Sure, he's dropped off in the past two months, but his goal and assist contribution throughout the season was key for us winning the league. Immense playmaker and dedicated to the club. Without Salah we would not have had made it.
David: Mac has laid is body on the line throughout the season, receiving some horrible challenges. Also has scored some timely and great goals.
Ken: The list could've started and ended at Mohamed Salah and nobody would've complained. The Egyptian King was a man on a mission and scaled new heights to wrestle the title back to Anfield to further cement his status as an all-time Liverpool and top division great.
Liverpool v Crystal Palace: Did you know?published at 12:03 24 May
12:03 24 May
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Liverpool have lost just one of their past 15 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W12 D2), though it was in this fixture last season.
Palace's past four Premier League wins against Liverpool have come at Anfield, winning 1-0 last season.
When finishing the season at home, the Premier League champions have won their final match on 13 out of the last 14 occasions. The only exception was Manchester United losing against West Ham in 2006-07.
Palace have won on just one of the 12 occasions their final top-flight match of the season has been away from home, beating Manchester City 3-2 in 1972-73.
Pick your Liverpool player of the seasonpublished at 17:45 23 May
17:45 23 May
Jordan Chamberlain Fan writer
We asked our Liverpool fan contributor for their four candidates for player of the season and you can now select your top one.
Mohamed Salah
Most goals, most assists and the most goal contributions in a Premier League season - ever. Salah has been unrivalled among the division's forwards. Liverpool wouldn't have won the title without him - and renewing his contract was absolutely vital to the club's chances of more silverware next term.
Virgil van Dijk
The best centre-back of all time, in my eyes. Who else is stronger? Who else reads the game better? Who else is better in the air? Who can pass the ball into the path of an onrushing attacker so effortlessly? If it wasn't for Salah collecting all the gongs, Van Dijk could well be this season's Premier League player of the year full stop.
Alexis Mac Allister
Effortless in possession and clever out of it. The Argentine goes under the radar but has been exceptional for Liverpool. He links the team and is the one midfielder capable of incisive central passes. He makes up his complete lack of pace by being positionally exceptional. Liverpool arguably need more creativity in midfield next season, but Mac Allister will still be one of the first names on the teamsheet.
Ryan Gravenberch
Gravenberch's breakthrough season is likely to have saved Liverpool £100m. After all, we were crying out for a midfield anchor last summer, but Arne Slot chose to use the Dutchman - who was more thought of as a number eight - and was rewarded for his bravery. Gravenberch is unbelievably slick on the half-turn and his first half of the campaign in particular was spectacular. He dropped off post-Christmas, but only because he has been run into the ground.
