When Jürgen Klopp left Liverpool last spring, the Premier League was drifting into a new era. Just as one esteemed coach was departing the league he’d helped define, a fresh one, Mikel Arteta, was rising. And so, it seemed, Arsenal and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City seemed poised to rule the Prem for the foreseeable future. They’d finished No. 1 and 2 in each of the previous two seasons. They entered 2024-25 as joint favorites, in part because all four of their equally rich rivals were led by unproven managers.
Liverpool clinches Premier League title, and makes a statement about what really matters in modern soccer
