Liverpool Football Club are one of England's most fabled sides. The Reds have won 19 top division titles, six European cups (more than any English team), and seven FA Cups, among a number of other trophies. Notably, though, until Thursday, they hadn't won a top-flight title since 1990, which meant they'd never won the Premier League.
It took an American to change all that. With Liverpool ahead of Manchester City by 23 points, all they needed was one more or one more City loss to clinch the 2019/20 league championship. City faced Chelsea at Stamford Bridge hoping to stave off elimination for at least one more round of games.
Enter Christian Pulisic.
Captain America's eighth goal of his initial Premier League campaign was both sporty as hell and key to Chelsea's 2-1 triumph, which made the Liverpool players react like this:
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, a great emotional teddy bear of a Teuton, was nearly overcome by the moment and what it meant for his players and the club's fans and past players, especially when Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish praised him.
Reds captain Jordan Henderson, who's been stoic and solid in the face of substantial criticism over his tenure as the club's skipper (Stephen Gerrard is a hard act to follow), was toasted by Jamie Carragher, who toiled for the club for 17 years from 1996-2013 without a league title. The key moment is at the 5:03 mark, when Carragher breaks out a bottle of champagne and says, "Jordan, you're a great professional. Tell me you're gonna get absolutely rotten tonight, like me."
Since the beginning of 2018, Liverpool have played 69 league games (nice), winning 58, losing two, and drawing nine. They won the 2019 Champions League in addition to this year's league title. They've scored 159 goals and allowed 43 in league play. They'll set the Premier League record for points this season, barring a four-week bender to close it out.
Absolutely rotten, indeed. You'll never walk alone.
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Clara- we get it.
clara really killed the mood of this post.
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also, this NJ/NC travel ban is causing a lot of conflict up here, I'm really annoyed with governor murphy right now.
over the past several days, our dog has developed a serious anxiety about going on walks, to the point where she shakes and refuses to move once we get her on the leash. any dog psychologists in the g:tb community?
you answer my question with a question?
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SEC Network: LSU-Loyola Marymount. Bo Kimble, Hank Gathers, Chris Jackson (Mahmoud Adbul Rauf), you Shaq and Stanley Roberts. Fun throwback game.
Young Shaq. So skinny. Stanley Roberts was way more skilled at that point in their careers.
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my little one is officially a licensed driver in the commonwealth of virginia. on the one hand, time is passing too quickly. on the other, i'll never have to make the 50-minute round trip to take her to cheer practice, or have to drive her friends home after i've had a couple of pops. so i've got that going for me.
I have 3.5 days of work ahead of me before I’m off for 10 days (6 of which will he spent in Tybee Island). Gonna be a bit difficult to give it my all starting Monday morning.
So I cooked a pork shoulder with the sous vide. By far the best I've done to date. My wife has been dismissive of the until tonight. She is now a disciple.
18 hours followed by 2.5 on the smoker. I shall do that again.
The Ron DeSantis sound clips from May 20 do not look very good today. He’s the kind of guy who immediately makes you think he’s a schmuck, even before he starts talking.
cam newton to the patriots is innnntriguing from both a football and social perspective. not intriguing enough to get me to watch the nfl again, but still.
As someone who has Cam in a dynasty league, I’m highly intrigued.
DeSantis is both a Trump humper and a world class political dope. He spiked the ball juuust a bit prematurely.
I’m tackling my sous vide apprenticeship once we get back from vacation. I’m excited to learn some new shit.
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