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Champions League: Liverpool prepares to host victory parade Champions League: Crowds gather for Liverpool victory parade
(about 2 hours later)
Thousands of Liverpool fans are preparing to celebrate the club's historic Champions League win at a parade through the city. Thousands of Liverpool fans are celebrating the club's historic Champions League win at a parade through the city.
Jurgen Klopp's team were crowned champions of Europe for a sixth time when they beat Spurs 2-0 in Madrid. Jurgen Klopp's team were crowned champions of Europe for a sixth time when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Madrid.
They arrived at Liverpool Airport on Sunday afternoon ahead of an open-top bus parade, due to begin at 16:00 BST. They arrived at Liverpool Airport on Sunday afternoon ahead of an open-top bus parade.
It will start at Allerton Maze before ending in a celebration on the city's waterfront. It started at Allerton Maze and ends near the city's waterfront.
The bus will travel along Queens Drive, Mill Bank, West Derby Road, Islington, Leeds Street and The Strand.
It will finish at Blundell Street, where The Mersey River Festival and Bordeaux Wine Festival events are taking place.
The Reds won the all-Premier League final at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano 2-0 thanks to an early Mohamed Salah penalty and a late Divock Origi strike.The Reds won the all-Premier League final at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano 2-0 thanks to an early Mohamed Salah penalty and a late Divock Origi strike.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said it expected "tens of thousands of people" to attend the celebration. Liverpool fan Dave Williams, who is among those on the route, said: "They've fought so hard all the way and deserve a heroes' welcome.
Liverpool City Council is advising fans to line the full length of the route, as there will be no central focal point to the parade. "The hairs on the back of my neck are standing on end at the thought of seeing the cup back in the city where it belongs."
Rolling road closures will be put in place and motorists are advised to plan journeys carefully. Flares trailing red smoke and sporadic outbreaks of the club's European anthem "Allez, Allez, Allez" are adding to an electric atmosphere on the route.
Police are advising people use public transport where possible. They said trains and buses will be running to a Sunday timetable with some rail services affected by engineering works. The Sewells family left their Nottingham home in the morning to make the trip to Liverpool.
Dad Richard, 42, said: "We just had to be here and I'm pleased we made the trip because the atmosphere is electric."
Relive the parade's highlights here.