‘The year we won the title was really cool. Our first defeat was in round 28. People were already talking about whether we could repeat Arsenal’s Invincibles’ Fabinho recalls Liverpool’s 2020 title success

Liverpool celebrating their 2019/20 Premier League title win
Liverpool celebrating their 2019/20 Premier League title win (Image credit: Getty Images)

When Liverpool won the 2019/20 Premier League title, it ended their three-decade wait to be crowned champions of England.

Jurgen Klopp's side were worthy winners that season, dominating the pandemic-hit season from the get-go and would eventually finish a whopping 19 points clear of second-place Manchester City.

Fabinho on being part of Liverpool's 2020 title winning side

Fabinho playing for Liverpool, 2020

Fabinho was a key player for Liverpool that season (Image credit: Alamy)

"That year was really cool," Fabinho recalls to FourFourTwo. "I think our first defeat was in round 28.

"People were already talking about whether we could repeat Arsenal’s Invincibles – not just for the results, but the way we played. We didn’t give our opponents a moment’s respite

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"We were also doing well in the Champions League," he continues before discussing the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic - which saw the English football suspended between March and June, with the campaign ultimately finishing at the end of July.

Matches were played behind closed doors and with fans unable to join in the title celebrations, it was a bittersweet time for Liverpool to end their wait for the title.

"Unfortunately the season was interrupted by Covid, so we didn’t have the fans at Anfield when we won the league and couldn’t even go out on the streets to celebrate with them.

"That was a shame. But our team was great and we broke records."

The title was sealed on May 17, when Willian's late penalty saw Chelsea beat Liverpool's nearest rivals, Manchester City, on an evening Fabinho will never forget.

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Liverpool won the league playing in empty stadiums (Image credit: Getty)

"We were in a hotel watching Chelsea vs Manchester City and it was great," he recalls. "It was a new experience for me and probably for most of my team-mates, too.

"It was really cool to be there, together with the boys, having a barbecue. We were able to celebrate, everyone partying together.

"It was a different way to seal the title, but that didn’t take away our joy of achieving that long-awaited goal."

Joe Mewis

For more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.

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