NBC Sports set to cover Liverpool’s Premier League title celebration

Rebecca Lowe plans to be in a very joyful place this Sunday afternoon.

She and NBC’s Premier League studio team will be at Anfield for the final day of the season as Liverpool lifts the league trophy after playing Crystal Palace.

This is Liverpool’s second Premier League title, but it’s the first time they’ll be able to celebrate it with a full stadium. When they won in 2020, only a few hundred fans were allowed to attend due to COVID-19 restrictions.

“I think Anfield might be the happiest spot to be maybe anywhere in the world,” Lowe said earlier this week. “This is a moment for a generation. I know there are going to be men and women in their 30s and 40s who’ve never seen Liverpool lift the top flight of English football, and that is why this Sunday is so special for these fans.”

Liverpool secured the title back in April, which means the last day of the season won’t affect the title race. In recent years, the championship was decided in the final moments of the season.

With the teams being relegated already decided, the only thing left to settle is which clubs will grab the last three automatic Champions League spots. Manchester City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Aston Villa, and Nottingham Forest are all within three points of each other.

Even Crystal Palace fans traveling to Liverpool will have something to celebrate. Their team won the FA Cup last Saturday for the first time with a 1-0 win over Manchester City.

Lowe, who has supported Crystal Palace since childhood, was in London last week to see the FA Cup final.

Liverpool wasn’t expected to be a top contender for the Premier League title this season. Arne Slot took over as manager after Juergen Klopp stepped down, ending his more than eight years at the club, which included winning the title in 2020.

“If anybody back in August would have picked Liverpool to win the league, they would have been laughed out of town,” said Lowe, who has hosted NBC’s Premier League coverage since it began in 2013. “Arne walks into this massive club, succeeding a massive figure and character and then pretty much walks his way to the Premier League trophy. I think it’s been a combination of excellent coaching, a very good squad that he inherited and very few injuries.”

NBC Sports is ending its 12th season by airing all 10 “Championship Sunday” matches starting at 11 a.m. EDT. NBC will show the Liverpool match, while USA Network, CNBC, SYFY, Telemundo, Universo, and Peacock will carry the rest of the games.