Arne Slot explains heartwarming Jurgen Klopp moment after 'unreal' Liverpool title win

Arne Slot celebrates

Arne Slot admits it feels “unreal” to have won the “most special” trophy on offer for Liverpool after his team clinched the Premier Leaguetitle.

And the Reds boss explained his decision to lead a chant recognising predecessor Jurgen Klopp during the post-match celebrations.

Liverpool earned the point they needed to claim a record-equalling 20th championship by thrashing Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 on Sunday afternoon.

Strikes from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah along with a Destiny Udogie own goal rendered Dominic Solanke’s early opener redundant at an emotional Anfield.

Slot has become the first Dutch manager to win the Premier League and only the fifth boss to clinch the title in their first season in the dugout in England.

Slot said:

“I feel very, very happy of course but to a certain extent also quite unreal.

“You work so hard for this moment to happen and when it does happen it needs some time for you to truly feel it.

“But the fans were so happy that it didn’t take me long to understand what we have achieved together this season.”

Slot was later informed of Liverpool managerial great Bill Shankly once referring to the league championship as the club’s “bread and butter”

Slot replied

He was longer in the job than I was and knew the club even better than I know it at the moment,”

“But what I noticed from the first day I came in was that winning the league would be the most special trophy we could win.

“I felt that throughout the whole season. Although we were all disappointed when we were knocked out (of the Champions League) by Paris Saint-Germain we always felt there was a bigger goal to achieve.

“To do that in the most difficult league in the world, in a period of time when it gets harder and harder and harder probably to win it, is very special.”

Slot started a chant saluting Klopp – an echo of 11 months previous when, after his final game in charge as Liverpool boss, the German began a song hailing his imminent successor.

Slot

“Why did I do that? Because of what he did before I even arrived here,”

“That’s something not one manager had ever done before.

“That is what definitely helped me but apart from that he helped me even more with the team he left behind and the culture he left behind in that team.

“The quality the players have was obvious for everyone but the culture of hard work, the culture of not only the players but also the staff members, has been incredible.

“That’s one of the reasons we could achieve what we have achieved this season. For obvious reasons, it was a nice moment to thank him as well.”