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When everyone goes away on international duty, your hope as a head coach is for the players to come back fit and healthy.

Of course, for some of the players it can be really intense and others can tend to go away on camp and not play as much, but I think they are worthwhile exercises.

Fingers crossed everyone comes back healthy because we have limited time before we go back into another busy period.

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It was great to get the win before the international break in the Subway Women’s League Cup, on a testing surface at Durham. I felt the team did really well. We played some really good stuff and we controlled large parts, if not all, of the game.

We showed good quality and we certainly ramped it up in the last 20 minutes, which was pleasing to see. Certainly from a fitness point of view, our levels look improved now, so that’s something to be really pleased about.

We certainly looked capable of scoring goals that night and probably could have got more than the two we did.

Ceri Holland started it off for us with a really good first goal, a fantastic strike, and we want the players to take shots when we get those opportunities. It’s really important because you can see what happened when Ceri did that.

It was good for Ceri, good for her confidence, and the same for Sam [Kerr] as well who got our winner: a good pick-out from Mia [Enderby] and a nice finish from Sam that will give her confidence also.

On the injury front, obviously the downside of that game was picking up another ACL injury with Sophie Roman Haug.

It’s a big, big blow for us because you never want to lose a player to those circumstances and that’s after it also recently happened to Herby [Marie Höbinger].

We will support the players as much as we possibly can, get their surgery done and get them back on the road to recovery.

It is a blow to the squad, there is no doubt about that, but hopefully with Sofie Lundgaard coming back into the reckoning – because she has been away with her national team and played a bit more – will help in that area.

Leanne Kiernan is another one as well, and we are hoping she can be back with the group soon because we are a little bit light at the top end of the pitch with Sophie out now.

Another positive for us is Lily Woodham and Alejandra Bernabe have been training with the players here at the AXA Melwood Training Centre. So we’ve been able to do some really solid stuff with them alongside the likes of Kappy [Cornelia Kapocs] and Beata [Olsson].

We go to meet Tottenham at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road on Sunday and that is always a tough challenge.

It always feels like a tough game and they have made quite a good start to the season. They strengthened in the summer with some key signings that have been really helpful for the team.

We will go there, as always, trying to do our very best and get something from the game. A win would be fantastic and that’s certainly what we will be trying to do.

We have taken a lot of heart from our recent performances, and certainly in most of our displays so far I think there is something we can take.

Hopefully we can start to see some positive signs now and a little bit of reward for the girls in terms of picking up those necessary points we need.

Away from the pitch it’s been a tough time for everyone connected with Liverpool FC Women as we paid our respects to Matt [Beard] at his funeral and then got the sad news that our kit manager Jonathan Humble had passed away.

It’s a big blow for us losing Jon, and just the suddenness of it is really hard to deal with.

It has been so tough for everyone to accept and I think everyone is still trying to process it. All of our thoughts and our best wishes are with Claire and his three children.

Although we didn’t work with Jon for very long you could see he was a guy who raised standards here at the club massively.

He was great at asking us what we needed and we had good conversations with him. He really pushed the levels, which is what we are trying to do here, and he certainly played a big part in that during the short space of time he had with us. He was so highly regarded at his former club Manchester United too.

Our thoughts at this football club are with Claire and Jon’s family. It’s another huge blow but again we stand together, we always make sure we really unite during these difficult moments and of course we will make sure we always remember him.

Thank you for your continued support.

YNWA,

Gareth

Gareth Taylor was speaking to Liverpoolfc.com's Steve Hunter

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Arne Slot's side secured the club's 20th top-flight championship on an unforgettable day at Anfield when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1.

With the help of the University of Liverpool, Liverpoolfc.com was able to install a seismometer – an instrument that measures ground movement – in the Main Stand for the historic occasion in L4.

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The seismometer recorded activity inside the stadium from the crowd of 60,415 – most notably its reaction to the six goals scored during the game.

The data was then processed and analysed inside the laboratory of the university's department of Earth, ocean and ecological sciences by research associates Dr Antoine Septier and Dr Farnaz Kamranzad.

It shows Alexis Mac Allister's stunning strike in the 24th minute that put the Reds 2-1 ahead produced a peak magnitude 1.74 on the Richter scale.

The second-biggest tremor within Anfield was caused by the goal Mohamed Salah scored in front of the Kop in the second half at a magnitude of 1.60.

Cody Gakpo's effort measured in at 1.03, the own goal from Destiny Udogie 1.35 and Luis Diaz's initially disallowed equaliser 0.64.

Explaining the science behind the experiment, Ben Edwards, professor of engineering seismology at the University of Liverpool, said: "This experiment gave us a unique opportunity to use seismology to capture a scientific record of the magnitude of Liverpool's historic title-clinching win.

"Using state-of-the-art, seismic-monitoring equipment – normally deployed in earthquake zones like Chile and Italy – we recorded the incredible energy released both at the surface and below.

"Much like natural seismic events, these goals produced bursts of ground-shaking, triggered by the sheer passion of Liverpool fans. Their enthusiasm was literally powerful enough to move the Earth.

"We hope this work will inspire young people to engage with science and see Earth science as essential to building a more sustainable future."

Arne Slot and his Liverpool players were effusive in their praise of the atmosphere when they spoke to the media afterwards.

"During the game, after the game, it's been incredible how the support of the fans were and how our players played," the head coach said.

Andy Robertson said: "How we came into the ground, the fans during the game, the fans after the game – nothing quite compares to that."

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou also acknowledged the role the home support played on the day.

He told reporters: "I thought just in general we had decent territory but once they got in front with the atmosphere inside the stadium, fair to say it was going to be difficult for us to claw them back and that's how it proved."

Sophie Roman Haug was on target twice for the Reds during Sunday’s clash at St Helens Stadium but the home side had to settle for a point.

See the best of the action in the video above.

The Reds earned a 5-1 victory at Anfield on Sunday and with it secured the 2024-25 title in front of their home supporters.

Amid the post-match celebrations following the final whistle, we hear from head coach Arne Slot, alongside players Cody Gakpo and Alisson Becker, with all three reflecting on the historic achievement.

The Reds drew 2-2 with Spurs at St Helens Stadium on Sunday in a game that was streamed live on the official WSL YouTube channel.

Watch the match back in full below.

The Reds wrapped up a 20th championship in club history with a 5-1 victory against Tottenham Hotspur.

An emotional outpouring on and off the pitch followed the final whistle, with Kopites able to experience a league triumph in-person for the first time since 1990.

See some of the best images from an historic day inside the stadium below…

The Argentinian was on the scoresheet with a stunning finish from the edge of the box as the Reds came from a goal down at Anfield and confirmed their Premier League title triumph.

In Match Centre after the final whistle, Mac Allister was picked by supporters as the team’s star performer on the afternoon.

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Arne Slot's side secured the club its 20th top-flight crown with four games left to play in the campaign when they overcame Spurs thanks to goals from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah.

The visitors took the lead with 12 minutes on the clock through Dominic Solanke but were 3-1 down at the break following first-half responses from Diaz, Mac Allister and Gakpo.

A finish from Mohamed Salah and Destiny Udogie own goal after the break then made sure of the victory, which took Liverpool’s points haul to an unassailable 82.

The full-time whistle produced scenes of joy and emotion as the Anfield crowd celebrated a first in-person title victory in 35 years.

Team news

Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold returned to the starting XI, replacing Kostas Tsimikas and Conor Bradley.

Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz (Elliott, 76), Szoboszlai (Jones, 67), Mac Allister (Nunez, 83), Salah, Gakpo (Jota, 67), Robertson, Gravenberch, Alexander-Arnold (Endo, 76).

Unused subs: Kelleher, Chiesa, Tsimikas, Quansah.

First half

The home supporters marked the occasion accordingly and, in a defeating atmosphere, the Reds made a bright start.

Salah curled just off-target inside the opening 120 seconds before Gakpo threatened with a close-range poke and then an overhead kick.

But it would be Tottenham who took the lead somewhat against the run of play, with Solanke the first to meet James Maddison’s out-swinging corner and heading into Alisson Becker’s net.

The Reds’ response was one of champions, though.

Anfield erupted when Diaz slid in to nudge home Dominik Szoboszlai’s pull-back from the touchline. The flag was raised to indicate the assister was offside but a VAR review quickly overturned the on-field decision and the scoreline was 1-1.

The decibel levels surged to a whole new level in the 24th minute when Mac Allister’s thunderbolt gave the hosts the lead.

The Argentine picked up a loose ball near the edge of the Spurs penalty area and decided to take aim. His drive flew into the top corner, leaving a full-stretch Guglielmo Vicario with no chance.

Gakpo increased Liverpool’s advantage nine minutes later, the Dutchman scoring with a reverse finish after jinking past several challenges following a corner that had failed to be cleared.

Second half

A sweeping move not long after restart should have produced the Reds’ fourth goal but Gakpo opted to pass instead of shoot having been sent through with a neat give-and-go with Mac Allister.

It was coming, however, and the man to provide it would be Salah.

The Egyptian was given the ball by Szoboszlai on a counter-attack and duly cut inside onto his left foot to fire a low effort past Vicario in the Kop-end net.

Head coach Arne Slot confirmed ahead of kick-off against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield that the Northern Ireland international was absent as a result of a fitness issue.

But Slot expects Bradley will be back available for next weekend’s Premier League trip to Chelsea.

“He got a knock during the week, so we assume he is available for next week,” Slot told Sky Sports. “But unfortunately not for today.”