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Football Daily

Liverpool are crowned Premier League champions

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.34.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After 30 years of waiting for a 19th title, Liverpool are Premier League champions following Manchester City's defeat at Chelsea. Steve Crossman is joined by football correspondent John Murray and former England and Chelsea winger Karen Carney who saw that dramatic win for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge that confirmed the title for Liverpool. We hear reaction from former Liverpool and England defender Stephen Warnock as well as Ronny Rosenthal who was part of Liverpool’s last title winning team 30 years ago. Plus Gabby Logan from Match of the Day speaks to Liverpool's Andy Robertson and James Milner, who were mid celebration after hearing they're officially Premier League champions!

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

Hello there. Welcome to a very special football daily podcast.

0:08.6

I'm Steve Crossman and I'm with you as we react to Liverpool's first league title

0:13.2

in 30 years. They're so good that they secured it without even playing.

0:18.1

Crown champions instead by Chelsea's two-one win over Manchester City are commentary team

0:23.8

inside Stanford Bridge, Karin Karni and first correspondent John Murray.

0:28.9

And this is the moment. The final whistle goes at Stanford Bridge.

0:33.4

Chelsea have beaten the outgoing champions Manchester City by two goals to one.

0:38.8

And for Liverpool, the day has finally come on this hottest of flaming June summer nights.

0:46.6

The great red drought has come to an end.

0:50.3

And after 30 long years and a few months more,

0:55.0

not even a global pandemic could prevent Liverpool from claiming what this season is rightfully theirs.

1:02.5

Liverpool are the champions again.

1:05.3

The 30 years have hurt our over and three decades after league championship title number 18

1:11.7

at long last, they're the champions for the 19th time.

1:16.2

Manchester City, their players head away, they will of course under Pep Guardiola fight another day.

1:23.6

An important win for Chelsea here tonight.

1:26.4

But for Liverpool, when it's come, it's come in style,

1:29.8

they're confirmed champions without a whopping seven matches still to play.

1:35.5

But it's happened rather serially behind closed doors.

1:39.4

It's been secured on a night that they've not kicked a ball.

1:43.9

And all we can do is that most famous of Liverpool Leans might have said is

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