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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay at Anfield

It’s unfair to blame Liverpool for being the best team: that’s how you win titles

A banner in the Kop reads: 'Arne's slot machine'.
Arne Slot is close to delivering Liverpool’s 20th league title in his first season at Anfield. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

There was an extraordinary moment in the seconds after Diogo Jota had scored the only goal of this Merseyside derby, as the home supporters seethed and writhed, bodies tumbling, a wave of noise barrelling around the Anfield stands.

At which point a lone middle-aged man could be seen emerging from the seats, waving his fists in the direction of what must have been the fourth official, making wild but oddly precise spectacles gestures with his fingers, all the while being hurled back by the combined efforts of three men in orange jackets.

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