2020 the year Liverpool stopped waiting and regained its place.
The Reds won their first Premier League name in 2020, ending the drought of their national championship after 30 years. If the feat itself is significant, Liverpool’s path of triumph is impressive.
As in all sports, the COVID-19 pandemic upset Liverpool’s year, however, the Reds returned from the break, claimed their prize and embarked on the new crusade with the aim of retaining what they waited so long for and worked so hard to win.
Here’s a look at seven that explained Liverpool’s year.
The Reds typhoon continues deep in the winter, Liverpool reached 2020 having won 18 games and tied among the 19 Premier League games that played in the first part of the 38-game season. In January, the Reds have erased any doubt by winning their first eight Premier League games in the new year. His loss to Watford on 29 February ended a two-season undefeated 44-match streak in the Premier League.
Atletico Madrid thwarted Liverpool’s hopes of protecting its UEFA Champions League name by beating the Reds in the 16-game circular. If Liverpool’s star goalkeeper Alisson had not been injured before the series, Liverpool-Atlético Madrid could have played differently. 1-0 in the first leg, but sent the series to overtime with a 1-0 win in general times in the stretch for now. However, Atletico Madrid beat the Reds 3–1 for the additional 30 minutes to secure a 4–2 win on 11 March.
Within days, the Premier League would be on its doorstep for more than 3 months.
The sporting stop can’t deny what Liverpool had won, and the 2019–20 season resumed with the Reds who only needed one win to win the title. After a goalless draw with Everton in the first game after the reboot, Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 4-0 on 24 June to secure their crown.
Captain Jordan Henderson won the Premier League trophy at Anfield on 22 July following the win over Chelsea in Liverpool’s home game of the season.
The shortest offseason in Premier League history would start 4 days later and last around six weeks.
Liverpool’s 2020-21 Premier League season is already underway and Kostas Tsimikas is the only low-season arrival in mid-September. The Reds’ activity has become very interesting.
Liverpool hired Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara and emerging star Diogo Jota of the Wolves from 18-19 September, respectively, hoping to strengthen a team to win trophies on all fronts.
Injury crisis Virgil van Dijk, injury advocate for the ACL superstar, who suffered on October 17 a sign of an imminent eruption of ailments. Starting centre-back Joe Gomez injured his knee on 11 November, leaving Liverpool desperately short of enjoying himself at the centre of his defence.
CFL Academy products Rhys Williams, 19, and Nathaniel Phillips, 23, helped Liverpool’s defense capssed the storm. Fellow graduate Curtis Jones, 19, added power and cunning to the Reds midfield, and Caoimhin Kelleher played as an exchange goalkeeper.
Liverpool climbed the Premier League’s most sensible standings on 16 December with a win over Tottenham. Despite all the disruption, the Reds will finish 2020 in the same position they were in the year.