Liverpool celebrate Premier League success with fans in city parade
Virgil van Dijk conducted the crowd as Liverpool celebrated winning the Premier League with an estimated million fans on the city's streets. But a man was later detained after a car collided with pedestrians in Liverpool city centre during the parade. Red smoke cannisters were let off as the team's open-top bus – emblazoned with the words 'Ours. Again' – crawled its way through the heaving mass of supporters who defied the rain on Monday to celebrate a record-equalling 20th championship. (PA Media/DPA)
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