Liverpool trophy parade, live: Players to take open-top bus through city
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Police officer among 17 hurt injured by flares
A police officer is among 17 people who were injured in incidents involving flares ahead of the bus parade. Chief Inspector of Merseyside Police Chris Barnes said they want people to enjoy the party atmosphere but urged fans not to use flares. The force said a quantity of flares were seized and also four drones that were being flown over Anfield in breach of a temporary air restrictions in place over the ground.
'We want everyone who attends today's victory parade to have a safe and enjoyable time,' Barnes said. 'Nobody should have to suffer an injury as a result of the reckless actions of another individual.
'We know that people want to enjoy the party atmosphere in the city but it is important that we think of everyone's safety and wellbeing. The parade will have its own professionally organised special effects, including confetti canons and fireworks, which will be adding to the fantastic atmosphere in a safe and controlled manner and my urge would be for people to leave it to the professionals.'
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Getting their hands on the trophy yesterday
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Time to celebrate
This is the moment Liverpool fans have been waiting for. Having missed out on the opportunity to celebrate winning the Premier League in 2020 due to Covid restrictions during the pandemic, the fans now have their chance to properly celebrate winning their 20th league title through the streets of Liverpool. In reality, the fans have been celebrating for a month already having wrapped up the title courtesy of a thumping 5-1 of Tottenham at Anfield at the end of April with four games to spare.
After yesterday's 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace on the final day of the season, captain Virgil van Dijk was handed the Premier League trophy by Liverpool great and former captain Alan Hansen, who was the last Liverpool captain to lift the league title in front of fans at Anfield, and lifted it aloft in front of a packed-out Anfield. When Liverpool won the league in 2020, then-captain Jordan Henderson lifted the trophy at a nearly-empty Anfield, with only family, close friends and media permitted to attend during the pandemic. It is just over a year ago that Liverpool said goodbye to Jurgen Klopp after nearly nine years under the German. 12 months later Liverpool are celebrating winning the Premier League in Arne Slot's debut season.
The route is 10 miles in length, which could take between three and five hours as the parade will wind around the streets of Liverpool. The parade will begin at Allerton Maze and travel north on Queens Drive before heading along Mill Bank, West Derby Road, Islington, Leeds Street and The Strand before finishing on Blundell Street. In recent years Liverpool have had trophy parades along the same rout to celebrate winning the Champions League and the domestic cup double. In 2019, nearly a million people descended on the city centre after Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 in Madrid in the Champions League final, which was the first trophy won under Slot's predecessor Klopp. Three years later in 2022, Liverpool paraded the League Cup and FA Cup, with a similar number of Liverpool fans congregating to have a party.
DJ Calvin Harris was on board the Liverpool bus back on 2022 so might we see him again this afternoon providing the tunes. The parade is set to begin at 2.30pm.
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