Liverpool enjoyed a day of celebration as the curtain was brought down on their title-winning campaign with Mohamed Salah’s late equaliser ensuring they signed off with a draw against Crystal Palace at Anfield.
Salah’s goal six minutes from time cemented his Golden Boot win and also equalled the Premier League goal involvement record as it took his tally to 29 goals and 18 assists.
Arne Slot’s side had secured the Premier League title with a 5-1 win against Tottenham on 27 April, meaning they have been able to relax for the final few games of the campaign.
With their opponents having won the the FA Cup just over a week ago, and with nothing at stake in their domestic campaign, it made for a day of unified celebration at Anfield.
The Eagles players lined up to give the Premier League champions a guard of honour before kick-off and, in a classy touch, the Liverpool players then did likewise to honour Palace’s trophy win.
There was certainly an air of expectation that the Reds would round off the season with a win, but Palace were not reading from the same script and took the lead when Conor Bradley lost possession and Tyrick Mitchell teed up Ismaila Sarr to slot in.
Liverpool had chances to equalise but found Dean Henderson in inspired form and the Palace keeper superbly denied Luis Diaz in a one-on-one situation.
Trent Alexander-Arnold was introduced at the start of the second half and, having been previously booed by some supporters following the news of his departure from his hometown club this summer, this time it was all cheers as he prepared to play his final 45 minutes for Liverpool.
Almost half of that time was played with 10 men though because Ryan Gravenberch – a key player in their title win – was sent off for taking down Daichi Kamada when he was the last man just beyond the halfway line.
But despite that, the hosts finished strongly and Salah ensured the campaign did not end in defeat when he struck from close range to prompt more celebrations from the Liverpool fans.
