Chelsea will be hoping Liverpool clinching the Premier League title ahead of their fixture will play into their hands as they eye Champions League qualification.

By winning the Premier League title this season, Liverpool has done what no other top-flight English team has managed since 2017. That is to be a surprise champion. “What we do know is that no one saw us as a title contender when we started at the beginning of the season,

Only at the end did Arne Slot do it. Only when the Premier League title was won. Only when the Liverpool players and staff had linked arms in front of The Kop and communed in “You’ll Never Walk Alone”;