'More than just football', media hail Klopp and Liverpool's title

German coach Klopp won universal praise for his transformation of the club since taking charge five years ago.

Liverpool have not just won the league, but are on course to rewrite the record books.

Clinching the title with seven games to spare has never been done before and Manchester City's record 100 points tally and 19-point winning margin from two seasons ago are under threat.

Relief on Merseyside was all the greater after a three-month delay to the Premier League season due to coronavirus.

The Guardian's Barney Ronay said the title win was an "annihilation" and a culmination of 18 months of the players "playing through a kind of fury."

"Death, plague and economic collapse may have stalked the land, puncturing sport's ability to pretend the rest of the world is simply a subplot," he wrote.