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This is glory.

It is still numbers that tell the story of why they are getting to celebrate, and that doesn’t even mean Arne Slot becoming just the ninth manager to win a title in his first English season, or the first Dutch coach to win full-stop.

It is the effect of his management, and Liverpool’s strategy, two facets that are quantifiable.

By 1 March, which was pretty much the point when the title race was settled, the two Premier League players with the most minutes were Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.

Both of the putative rivals, in champions Manchester City and challengers Arsenal, endured long spells without major players.

Liverpool just kept excelling.

The embittered temptation - including among some rivals - has been to cast this as luck.

This is football realising the maxim of famous NFL coach Bill Parcells, that “the most important ability is availability”.

Salah and Van Dijk, now with two Premier League titles, have been the pillars of Liverpool's consistency (Getty Images)

It could even be described as ‘Moneyball’ for a modern game ravaged by a new calendar.

The club are constantly on top of every physical metric, down to the finest details.

Salah's record-breaking season fired Liverpool ahead of Arsenal and Man City (Getty Images)

The result has been a game-changing fitness record, that has allowed Slot to much more easily implement a new ideology.

Even before the early statement of the 3-0 win at Old Trafford, Salah spoke of “a big difference” in possession and pressing.

Slot may herald a wider shift in how he’s a less intense figure than many modern managers, willing to collaborate in clubs that are increasingly science-led.

Those close to Klopp might fairly say Slot is fortunate to not have had Manchester City as the machine they were, but that is just how it falls.

Liverpool have been too good for their own good, although that still raises the question of where this stands in history.

Slot has been a composed presence on the touchline but was emotional after Liverpool’s win against West Ham (Getty Images)

The 2024-25 champions clearly aren’t as brilliant a team as Klopp’s in 2019-20, or by extension some City sides under Pep Guardiola, as well as the best of Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
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