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ROBERTO FIRMINO: I felt invincible at Liverpool and we were the best team in the world until Diego Simeone came along... but playing without the Anfield crowd denied us something special in our title-winning moment

Roberto Firmino was an integral member of Jurgen Klopp’s all-conquering Liverpool side which won a sixth Champions League crown and first English league title for 30 years. In a new book, out on November 9, he discusses the joy of winning the Premier League but how it had somewhat of a bitter taste having done so in front of no fans due to Covid lockdowns…

It's no secret to anyone. We’d conquered Europe, we conquered the world, but something was missing: we still hadn’t conquered England and that Premier League trophy was the one the fans wanted most of all.