‘They’ll still have a great night but I feel for them’: Graeme Souness offers sympathy to Liverpool’s Premier League title winners after they lay their hands on the trophy in front of an empty Anfield stadium
- Graeme Souness says Liverpools ceremony lacked ‘love & passion’ without fans
- Though he believes the event was successful given the current circumstances
- Liverpool lifted the Premier League trophy after beating Chelsea 5-3 at Anfield
- The 60,000 people stadium was empty as fireworks exploded and confetti fell
Graeme Souness feels sorry for Liverpool as they lift the Premier League trophy in front of an empty Anfield stadium.
Jurgen Klopp’s men lifted the trophy for the first time in 30 years after defeating Chelsea 5-3 at their home ground.
Souness sympathises with the players as their presentation lacked ‘love and passion’ without their supporters.
Graeme Souness says Liverpool’s ceremony lacked ‘love and passion’ without their fans
With the Liverpool players surrounded by fireworks and covered in confetti, the Sky Sports pundit does, however, feel the presentation was as successful as it could have been given the circumstances.
‘I think they’ve done very well, it was always going be difficult but that’s as good as you can hope for,’ said Souness.
‘You get the trophy, you go to the supporters, you get the love and passion from them so I feel for them. They’ll still have a great night but I feel for them.’
Though he believes that the event was as successful as it could have been at the moment
Former Liverpool player John Barnes added that Klopp’s men deserve to enjoy this moment
Fellow pundit and former Liverpool player John Barnes added that Klopp’s men deserve to enjoy this moment, regardless of the lack of fans.
Reflecting on the ceremony, he said: ‘It will be huge, because they’ve never experienced winning it in for of 60,000 anyway.
‘They deserve this moment, regardless whether there’s no-one here. They have to go through this, they have to celebrate this, they have to have that experience of celebrating a trophy and the whole euphoria around it.’
‘This is a new experience for all the players, they really have to savour the moment.’
Having lifted the trophy for the first time since 1990, after finishing second four times in the intervening years, Souness believes this Liverpool side will be the team to beat.
‘They have the spark. If you’re a player you want to be playing every week. You look around the dressing room and there are so many top players and that should motivate you.
‘There’s a good mix of experience and quality. They’re going to be the team to beat now.’