Liverpool rejoices in Reds' title: 'It feels like a huge release for the city'

Fans make pilgrimage to Anfield to toast team's first league crown in 30 years

He's meant to be shielding, so this is a bit naughty," said Rachel Taylor as she unloaded her son's wheelchair from a minibus outside Anfield on Friday morning. But you've got your mask, haven't you, son?" she said, putting a red face covering emblazoned with Liverpool: Champions" into 27-year-old Ryan's lap. He wasn't born when they won 30 years ago. It's such a big day, we had to bring him down to soak up the atmosphere."

It is a measure of just how big a day it was for Liverpool on Friday that not only was Taylor willing to risk her son's health to take a picture of him beaming in front of the Kop, but her Evertonian partner had come too. I'm made up for them, honest I am," said Neil Howells. First thing I did this morning was go into Ryan's bedroom and shout CHAMPIONS!'. You might think we'd be bitter but we're not. I'm happy as long as it's a team from Merseyside and not Manchester."