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PHIL NOBLE/REUTERS A Liverpool fan celebrate winning the Premier League outside Anfield, Liverpool, Britain, on June 25, 2020.

hirty years of hurt Happy days cus. We were not consistent Times. came to an end for enough,” he added. “No need for asterisks — TLiverpool when it was In the last 12 months Liv- this success is deserved, and confirmed as Premier League erpool has won the Champi- Record pace momentous. Liverpool has champion on Thursday cour- ons League, the UEFA Super enjoyed its great European tesy of second-placed Man- Cup and World Club Cup, With 28 wins and one de- triumphs but there is some- chester City’s 2-1 defeat by but regaining its status as top feat in 31 games, Liverpool thing about domestic domi- Chelsea. dogs in England, something has set a record-breaking nance that brings a deeper, The result at Stamford that was almost a given in pace and was 25 points clear richer sense of pride.” Bridge means Liverpool has the 1970s and 1980s, was the in February — the biggest Martin Samuel in the JEWEL SAMAD/AFP GETTY IMAGES an unassailable 23-point lead priority. lead in Premier League his- Daily Mail said, given the over City with seven games “Juergen has been fantas- tory. context, Liverpool’s cam- Sebastian Coe, the president of Lord Coe has made it clear, “If you’re hanging by a thread left, Reuters reported. tic and epitomizes every- When it beat West Ham paign came close to topping , warned Christian however, that this was not how the on one or even two of those, then Liverpool was last cham- thing Liverpool Football United that month it was its the achievement of Leicester Coleman not to expect any special Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the my instinct would be to be sitting pion of England when it won Club stands for,” Dalglish, 18th successive top-flight City in winning the 2015-16 deals or favors that would allow sport’s independent watchdog on by my front door for that hour. You the old First Division title in told BT Sport. win, matching Manches- title. him to return in time for the Tokyo anti-doping matters, worked. “I wouldn’t risk not being there. And 1989-90 after which a decline “And it’s not just a one- ter City’s record, before its “Certainly, it is the most Olympics if he is banned for miss- would be very surprised if there if they fall foul of this regularly in fortunes saw Manches- off, last year they came with- hopes of an unbeaten season incredible title triumph in ing anti-doping tests. was any thought that a deal is going they will be banned. ter United and Arsenal, then in a point of it and this year was dashed by a 3-0 defeat Liverpool’s history, and ar- Coleman, who stormed to the to be struck here or in any of these “I can’t put it in any blunter way. Chelsea and Manchester City they have only lost once. at Watford, a result that was guably the best delivered by world 100m title last October and cases,” Coe said. “It’s just not the And that is what the AIU is there to seize power. “Onwards and upwards, merely a blip. an elite club in the Premier was favorite for the blue riband system. That is not what the AIU do. It’s not a sort of an afterthought. Inspirational manager I think they have a lot more City was the first team to League era,” he wrote. event in Tokyo, is facing two years does.” Alongside biological passports and Juergen Klopp has rekindled happy days to look forward breach the 100-point barrier “As irritating as it may out of the sport after being provi- While not mentioning Coleman adverse analytical findings it is a the Anfield flame though to now.” in the Premier League two sound to the ears of their sionally suspended for three where- by name, Coe also admitted his sur- central part of the anti-doping land- and delivered the club’s 19th Despite the COVID-19 seasons ago but Liverpool bitter rivals, this one really abouts failures in 12 months – the prise that anyone with two strikes scape.” top-flight title, one behind pandemic forcing a three- is on course to shatter that does mean more. It is a re- last of which occurred when he against them for missing tests was Coe said he was heartened by the archrival United’s record of month suspension of the mark, as well as records for writing of the record books went Christmas shopping instead not more careful. fact so many athletes had expressed 20, after finishing runner-up season and delaying Liver- most points at home (55) and few can have expected a year of being at his house when the tes- “I don’t think it is that complicat- their support for the whereabouts to City in a thrilling race last pool’s coronation, it has won most wins in a season (32). ago... ters were due to visit. However last ed, I really don’t,” added Coe. rule after Coleman and the world season. the title with a record seven “It is the season of all week the 24-year-old American “The athletes are asked to give 400m champion As the Chelsea game games to spare. ‘On Klopp of the world’ seasons, the campaign of all claimed that a two-year sentence their whereabouts for one hour a day, were both provisionally suspended moved into stoppage time at Reds eclipsed the mark campaigns.” would be “overkill” – before float- and there is plenty of scope if that one in the past month for missing drugs an empty stadium in London, jointly held by Manches- The end of Liverpool’s Former Liverpool de- ing the possibility that “some sort hour suddenly becomes a problem. tests. “It’s the world they live in,” 350km away outside Anfield ter United (2000-01) and long wait for a league cham- fender Jamie Carragher said of deal” might be agreed where he It’s not arcane maritime law. You he added. “They accept it. And Liverpool fans began lighting Manchester City (2017-18), pionship was celebrated he was happy to be proved was suspended but could return for don’t need a degree in logistics from they’re actually quite grateful that red flares as the celebrations which sealed their respective across the English media on wrong after writing in a 2017 the Olympics, the Guardian report- Cambridge to figure that out. It’s we’ve got systems in place that are began in earnest. titles with five games left. Friday with most going for column that he was not con- ed. what you are expected to do. actually protecting them.” Also watching from afar City manager Pep Guar- the headline “Champions” vinced Klopp had the ability was an emotional Klopp. diola paid tribute to Liver- while the Daily Star, in a nod to win the title. “I have no words, it’s un- pool. to Reds’ manager, declared “Klopp arrived at An- Ivanisevic latest to test positive for COVID-19 believable and much more “Big congratulations for they were “On Klopp of the field saying he wanted to than I ever thought would be Liverpool,” said the Span- World.” turn doubters into believers. Former Wimbledon champion Goran Four players from those events, in- es in other countries were also called possible,” he told Sky Sports iard, whose title-winning “Smashing Crystal Palace I was one of those who had Ivanisevic, who now coaches No- cluding Djokovic and his wife, have off. after being congratulated by side finished 25 points ahead 4-0 on Wednesday, showing given up hope,” Carragher vak Djokovic and attended the top- said they have the virus. Grigor Dim- Djokovic, a 17-time Grand Slam Liverpool great Kenny Dalg- of Klopp’s team two seasons all the class of champions wrote in The Telegraph. ranked player’s exhibition series in itrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki champion who has previously said lish, manager of the 1989-90 ago and pipped them by a more than 20 points clear of “It gives me the great- Serbia and Croatia, said he was against tak- title winners. point last term. a brilliant City, ... felt like est pleasure to admit these Friday he has tested ing a vaccine for “It’s easy to motivate this “After 30 years without the sort of emphatic decla- words now look misjudged. positive for the corona- the virus even if it team because of our great the title they played every ration of excellence these In my defense ... no one took virus. became mandatory history. It’s pure joy for me to game this season like it was strange times needed,” Matt me to task for the remarks at The Croatian great, to travel, said on coach them.” their last with incredible fo- Dickinson wrote in The the time.” who won his only Tuesday it was ‘’too Grand Slam title at the soon’’ to host such All England Club in an event. We are not done yet, warns Bayern coach Flick 2001, wrote on Insta- The coronavi- gram that he tested pos- rus outbreak led to Bayern Munich is far from done with the matching the league record for goals (101) itive after two negative the suspension of season after securing its record-extending scored in one season. tests in the last 10 days, the ATP and WTA eighth consecutive Bundesliga crown, “The league title is an intermediate goal. The Associated Press professional ten- with the domestic league title only an “in- We always had more goals within the team reported. nis tours in March. termediate target” en route to more suc- and we need to be measured by those,” ‘’I would like to in- Plans were an- cess, coach Hansi Flick said on Friday. Flick said.Bayern takes on Bayer Leverku- form everyone who has nounced last week The Bavarians wrap up the season today sen in the German Cup final on July 4 and been in contact with me ANDREJ CUKIC/EPA for the sport’s at VfL Wolfsburg, and will lift the league is also still in the Champions League com- that I tested positive and ask them to all said they also have it. sanctioned events to return in Au- trophy in front of an empty stadium due petition that will resume in August with its take extra good care of themselves Thousands of spectators attended gust. to health and safety measures introduced last-16 second leg against Chelsea. and their loved ones,’’ Ivanisevic the matches in Belgrade and Zadar, But the infections have raised because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Re- “We still have one more game (after wrote. ‘’I will continue to self-isolate and no social distancing was ob- questions about the full-fledged re- uters reported. Saturday) against Leverkusen,” Flick said. as I have been doing already.’’ served. turn of competitive tennis, including But for Flick, who took over in Novem- “After that the team can switch off. But the Ivanisevic, who said he has no Dominic Thiem, who won the the US Open, which is scheduled to ber, there are more milestones ahead. players will not be completely putting their symptoms, attended the Adria Tour opening event in Belgrade on June begin on August 31 without specta- “There is still more to achieve,” Flick SVEN HOPPE/REUTERS feet up. Then we have three weeks to pre- exhibition series, a charity event 14, said Thursday that he has been tors. told a virtual news conference. “We can want to play to win against Wolfsburg. We pare for the Champions League. hosted by Djokovic in Belgrade and tested five times but is negative. Djokovic has called the rules to now go 17 matches without defeat since have to take on the fight and win it.” “In our view that is a lot of time,” he at the Adriatic resort of Zadar in Cro- The final for the event in Croatia keep everyone safe at the US Open the start of the year in the Bundesliga. We Bayern is also five goals away from added. atia. was canceled and subsequent match- ‘’extreme.’’