The first Final 2025: „The Slot Machine“ makes Liverpool dare to dream

It seems odd that the EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) is not shown by any broadcaster in Germany and Austria. It's actually a shame, but somehow not! Because you don't have to miss the final between FC Liverpool and Newcastle United on March 16, 2025 at Wembley. Football trips and tickets EFL Cup lead to the first final of FC Liverpool with Arne Slot as coach. "The Slot Machine" rumbled on February 6, 2025, with a 4:0 (first leg: 0:1) in the second leg of the semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur to the next stage victory. 

The 6,000 traveling "Spurs" fans left the Anfield Road End in Liverpool hurriedly from the 86th minute onwards. They had seen enough. Their team was 0:4 down without generating a single shot on goal. The mockers were not far away. 

"I can't remember a team going down so meekly in my lifetime," remarked Jamie Redknapp, who played for both clubs. "It was a disgrace," fumed LFC idol Jamie Carragher at Sky Sport UK.

Football trips FC Liverpool: What are the title chances for "The Slot Machine"?

These days, "The Slot Machine" can quickly get under the wheels. The team of Dutch coach Arne Slot, who was again sung by "The Kop" to the tune of "Live is Life" (Opus), plays calmly, composed, and with a lot of goal instinct.

The English League Cup, which "The Reds" also won in 2022 and 2024 with Jürgen Klopp, is their first title chance in the final against the "Magpies." A football trip EFL Cup is always worth it with this final setup.

But even in the Premier League, it looks good for the 19-time English football champion. Six points ahead of second-place Arsenal, with one game (Merseyside derby at FC Everton, February 12, 2025) in hand. 

A championship on the last matchday would have a special touch, as the last matchday against Crystal Palace on May 25 takes place on the 20th anniversary of the legendary Champions League success in Istanbul against Milan. 

In the Champions League, LFC won the historic first group stage, and they are also favorites in the FA Cup, facing Plymouth Argyle from the Championship (Round 4) on February 9, 2025.

The match against Tottenham was, in terms of football trips FC Liverpool, the 16th in a row in all competitions that LFC fans could end satisfied – with 14 wins and two draws.

"A New Experience"

This also surprises long-time observers like Steffen Freund (54), who also played for Tottenham and whom I have known since 1999 and the UEFA Cup match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern with the "Spurs." 
“Liverpool has that aggressive freshness again, that hunger to become champions,” said Steffen Freund in an interview with the esteemed colleagues at SPORT BILD (Issue 2 / 2025), “that it’s working so well also has to do with the good work of Jürgen Klopp in the nine years before. Especially since he also urged the fans to trust Slot.”

The Klopp successor is looking forward to his first final in England with his own Dutch humor. 

"In Holland, we only have one cup competition, and the final is played at the end of the season. So, it will be a new, but gladly accepted experience for me," said Arne Slot after the semi-final against Tottenham 

"Happy with these fans"

Steffen Freund does not believe that Liverpool would have been so dominant under Jürgen Klopp (now Head of Global Soccer at Red Bull), who took his leave in May 2024 despite a long-term contract: "He clearly lacked the energy; not a word of that was a lie."

A different energy, namely the one from the stands at Anfield, is now passing onto the team – and the team is repaying it. 

"I think the stadium has helped us a lot," said Liverpool's scorer for 1:0 against Tottenham, Cody Gakpo at Sky Sport UK, "we are very happy with these fans."

"Make us dream," the title of a Liverpool documentary (Amazon Prime Video) from 2018, sums it up perfectly today.

When is FC Liverpool's postponed match against FC Everton?

After a storm warning on December 7, 2024, the Merseyside derby will be played on February 12, 2025, at Goodison Park. It will be the last derby in Everton's historic stadium. Individual offers for tickets FC Everton vs FC Liverpool can be requested from us. 

When is the second leg against FC Arsenal?  

This could be the day the decision is made: Matchday 36 on May 10, 2025 – and Liverpool has home advantage against FC Arsenal.

Who is Liverpool's final opponent in the Premier League 2024/2025?

In the season finale, FC Liverpool will face on May 25, 2025, at 5:00 PM the London club Crystal Palace.