Will Chelsea give Liverpool a guard of honour? ‘Embarrassing’ football tradition explaine

Liverpool play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge today in their first game since being crowne Premier League champions.

Arne Slot’s side demolishe Tottenham 5-1 at Anfield last week แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ to clinch a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title.

As a result, Liverpool players should be treate to a guard of honour as they walk onto the pitch for their final four games of the season against Chelsea, Arsenal, Brighton and Crystal Palace.

But why do football teams give a guard of honour and could the Blues refuse to perform the tradition for the Reds today?

A guard of honour takes place ahead of kick-off as the teams walk onto the pitch.

Instead of striding out side-by-side, the title-winning players walk in between the opposition team who stand and applaud.

A global tradition, its exact origins are unknown but it is said it was first performe in English football at the end of the 1954/55 season when Manchester United congratulate First Division champions Chelsea at Old Trafford.

The first guard of honour in the Premier League occurred in 2003 when champions Man Utd playe Everton at Goodison Park.

Will Chelsea give Liverpool a guard of honour today?

There is no rule stating that teams must uphold the tradition but ahead of today’s clash, Enzo Maresca has confirme that Chelsea will give Liverpool a guard of honour.

‘It’s tradition. We have to do that and we are going to do that. They won the Premier League, so they deserve it,’ the Blues head coach said.

‘In terms of the gap [between Chelsea and Liverpool], it is there, you can see this clearly. My feeling is we are [moving] in the right direction and hopefully this gap can be smaller and smaller and smaller.

‘I don’t think we need that [a guard of honour] to understand how good it is to win the Premier League. I think we know that it’s something very nice. But for sure, when you are there, probably in their mind, our players are thinking, “I would like one day to be there”.’

It remains to be seen whether Arsenal, Brighton and Palace will follow suit, the Gunners especially as they were Liverpool’s closest title rivals.