'Quality was there to do something special this season'
Liverpool boss Arne Slot say it is has now "sunk in" that they are Premier League champions.
The Reds wrapped up the title with four games remaining when they beat Tottenham 5-1 on 27 April.
Despite form dropping off since the win, it has still been an impressive debut season for the Dutchman - who only took over from Jurgen Klopp in the summer.
"The moment the referee blew his whistle, we were like: 'Wow, this has really happened', but now, after all the celebrations, it's definitely sunk in," Slot told BBC sports editor Dan Roan.
"It's an achievement that we hoped for, that we worked really hard for. But, to say we expected it, or I expected it, would be a bit too much."
Given the dominance Manchester City had exerted over recent years - having won four Premier Leagues in a row - not many expected Slot to bring such early success.
"Before I came in, before I started to work with the players, I thought similar to the club, that we had to qualify for the Champions League again," he said.
"There are a lot of things you have to find out [when you start]. But that the quality was there to do something special this season? That I knew quite fast. Not only the quality, but definitely also the mentality.
"I didn't have to repair any confidence because a few of [the players] had already won the league, a few had won the Champions League, one of them was a World Cup winner - [Alexis] Mac Allister.
"So the players that play at this level know they can win trophies and one of them is the Premier League."
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