Mohamed Salah reveals which of Liverpool’s Premier League title wins is ‘way better’
Mohamed Salah reveals which of Liverpool’s Premier League title wins is ‘way better’
- Mohamed Salah compares Liverpool’s Premier League title wins
- Egyptian superstar previously a champion with Reds in 2019/20
- Clear reason why he considers 2024/25 as being more special
By Jamie Spencer | 4:15 PM GMT+1
Mohamed Salah has claimed that Liverpool’s 2024/25 Premier League title win is “way better” than the club’s previous triumph in 2019/20.
Although it seemed inevitable for several months, this season’s title race was finally mathematically wrapped up on Sunday following a 5-1 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield.
It is just Liverpool’s second league triumph of the Premier League era, having infamously gone an agonising 30 years without finishing top of the pile between 1990 and 2020.
“This is way better, 100%,” Salah told Sky Sports.
His logic for that statement is that, even with the iconic 2019/20 side, which had also won the Champions League a year prior, now substantially dismantled, the club still managed to prevail.
“Without Sadio [Mane], without Jurgen [Klopp], without Bobby [Firmino], without everybody, it feels more special. We have a different group now, different manager, so to be able to do it again is something special,” Salah explained.
The Egyptian superstar, now staying at Anfield until at least 2027, scored his 28th Premier League goal of the season in Sunday’s win. He remains firm favourite to claim the Golden Boot and needs just three more assists in final four games to break the Premier League’s single season assist record – Salah trails Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry’s joint record of 20 by two.
The main difference between Liverpool’s titles of 2024/25 and 2019/20 is how the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the latter. The Reds won 26 of their opening 27 league games in a show of spectacular dominance, but the campaign was put on hold for more than three months, after which Liverpool’s results tailed off and they missed the chance to break the 100-point barrier.
Restrictions on gatherings also meant that when the Premier League trophy finally did make its way to Anfield, fans were not allowed inside the stadium to see it lifted.
Liverpool have now additionally drawn level with Manchester United’s English-leading tally of 20 titles, a record the Merseysiders had held themselves for decades until 2011.
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