Liverpool Win Premier League to End 30-Year Title Drought
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FOCUS FOOTBALL Qatar youth Liverpool win Premier team to organise camp for AFC U-19 Cup Finals League to end 30-year QNA Doha Chelsea beat Man City 2-1 at atar youth football team will organise a camp Stamford Bridge as Klopp’s men to prepare for the AFC U-19 Cup fi nals start- Qing today until July 27. seal the club’s 19th league title The team players will be subject to medi- title drought cal tests and precautionary measures according to the medical protocol approved between the Qatar Football AFP has earned his place alongside Liv- Association and the Ministry of Public Health. Liverpool, United Kingdom erpool’s iconic former managers The squad included players: Mustafa Tariq Mashaal, Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley and Kenny Karim Haider, Youssef Abdullah Blida, Abdullah Badr Dalglish. al-Yazidi, Talal Ibrahim Faraj, Faisal Mohamed, Abdul- iverpool were crowned Pre- When Dalglish led Liverpool to the rahman Masoud al-Nuaimi (Al Sadd), Abdulrahman mier League champions title in 1990, the prize Shankly once al-Hassan al-Abdulrahman, Mustafa Essam Shawqi, Lwithout kicking a ball yes- described as the club’s “bread and Mohamed Mansour Musa, Saif al-Din Hassan, Shal- terday as Chelsea’s 2-1 win butter” was almost taken for granted ban Abdel Nasser, Abdullah Sir al-Khatem (Al Ghara- over Manchester City ended the after two decades of dominance. fa), Mohamed Imad Ayyash, Diab Haroun Taha, Jassim Reds’ 30-year wait to win the Eng- Following years of undera- Mohamed al-Muhairi, Lutfi Majer, Ali Mohamed (Al lish title. chievement, Klopp has brought his Duhail), Jassim Jaber Abdul Salam, Abdullah Issa al- Jurgen Klopp’s men sealed a unique style and major trophies Sulaiti, Abdulrahman Bilal al-Sadiq, Faisal Yusef al- 19th league title for the club with a back to Liverpool. Obaidli (Al Arabi), Mustafa Essam Abu Ali, Al-Makki record seven games left to play af- They won the Champions Mohsen, Naif Abdul Rahim al-Hadrami (Al Rayyan), ter second-placed City’s defeat left League last season, when they beat Osama Abdul Karim al-Tairi, Ali Nasser al-Marri, Mo- them 23 points adrift. Tottenham in the fi nal, 12 months hamed Abdel Fattah Siraj (Muaither), Hadi Ali and Ab- Liverpool had moved within two after losing to Real Madrid at the dullah Mahmoud Awad (Al Sailiya), Mohamed Abdel points of the title with a 4-0 dem- same stage of the competition. Wahab (Al Khor), and Jassim Mohamed al-Sharshni olition of Crystal Palace at Anfi eld Liverpool were pipped to the ti- (Al Ahly). on Wednesday. tle by Manchester City on the fi nal The preparation camp comes within the framework Their 28th win in 31 league games day of last season, fi nishing with of the Qatari youth team’s preparations for the AFC this season prompted Liverpool star a record 97 points for top-fl ight U-19 Cup, which will be held in Uzbekistan from Oc- Mohamed Salah to declare “now is runners-up. tober 14 to 31, 2020, and as the team will play in Group our time to win the league” and 24 But with Salah, Sadio Mane and D alongside the teams of Tajikistan, Malaysia and hours later his wish was granted. Roberto Firmino forming a formi- Yemen. Liverpool got the favour they dable front three, Jordan Hender- wanted from Chelsea at Stamford son a tireless presence in midfi eld Bridge. and Virgil van Dijk imperious at the Willian’s 78th minute penalty, A Liverpool fan (centre) poses with the banners and cut-outs of manager Jurgen Klopp and the players she put back, Liverpool have left City trail- Qatar Stars League awarded for a handball by Fern- outside her home in anticipation of the club’s Premier League title victory on Thursday. (AFP) ing in their wake this season. andinho, ended City’s two-year It was fi tting that Liverpool continues to meet coaches reign as champions after Kevin De lish record haul of 20, are on course saved one of their most eye-catch- Bruyne had cancelled out Christian to beat Manchester City’s record ing performances for the week the QNA Pulisic’s opener. points total of 100 set in 2017/18. title was won. Doha Liverpool have clinched the ti- Klopp’s men could smash the After destroying Palace, Klopp tle earlier than any other Premier record for the biggest winning said: “Imagine if the stadium could League champions, breaking the margin, set by City when they fi n- have been full and people could s part of arrangements being made ahead of previous record of fi ve games left ished 19 points clear at the top in have experienced that live. It would Athe resumption of 2019-20 season QNB Stars shared by City and Manchester that same season. have been amazing. League, the Qatar Stars League (QSL) kept United. They are also within touching “This game will last a while in my meeting the clubs coaches. It has been an agonising wait for distance of the most victories in mind, this is what we want to be. Executive Director of Competitions and Football Liverpool fans across the world, a Premier League season — 32 by We cannot play like other teams, Development at the QSL Ahmed Khellil Abbassi with the coronavirus hiatus forcing City in 2017/18 and 2018/19. but we can play pretty good stuff .” held a meeting with coaches of Al Sadd, Al Gharafa, them to put the champagne on ice Klopp’s frustration that match- Qatar SC and Al Wakrah clubs at their team hotel after the Premier League was sus- WE CAN PLAY PRETTY GOOD es are being played behind closed yesterday. He also met coaches of Al Khor, Al pended in March with Klopp’s team Manchester City players (in yellow and orange) appear dejected after Klopp, the fi rst German manager to doors at present will fade in time. Rayyan, Al Duhail and Al Arabi clubs. two wins from the title. Chelsea scored their second goal during the match yesterday. (Reuters) win the Premier League, has been It will be the memories left by During the meetings, all steps related to the second The three-month delay was a the architect of Liverpool’s ren- his transcendent team that linger phase of general protocol were explained in terms fi nal obstacle on Liverpool’s long massive spending of Manchester season defeat against Chelsea. aissance since the former Borussia longest. of training and precautionary measures. road back to the pinnacle of English City and Chelsea. But Klopp’s team are deserved Dortmund boss arrived at Anfi eld Historians on the Kop will sure- It may be noted that these were the continuation football. Then managed by Brendan Rodg- champions after an incredible in 2015. ly rank this Liverpool side, also of a series of meetings being held ahead of the Liverpool spent years in the ers, they infamously squandered a campaign that could end in record- Infusing his players with a be- crowned Club World champions in start of second phase.