Jordan, congratulations - Premier League winner, how does that feel?
Amazing, it’s hard to describe, to be honest.
But after the final whistle it was just an amazing feeling again,
especially to spend it with all the lads and the staff.
To finally get over the line is a relief, but also an amazing feeling.
What were the emotions like tonight watching it unfold at Stamford Bridge?
I think we were pretty relaxed, just trying to enjoy the game,
any little bit of action, it's a bit tense at either end of the pitch,
and there was quite a bit happening, especially in the second half,
so it was a good game to watch, and in the end we were delighted with the result.
Yeah, hopefully we can start to celebrate once I'm finished here.
Yeah, it's great to have the boys together,
how important was that for you to be able to enjoy that moment together?
Because you've worked so hard for it and overcome so many things to get to this point.
Yeah, it definitely was important for us to be together in this moment,
obviously we didn't know if we were going to watch the game together and stuff like that,
but I felt like, if something did happen, where City drop points and we did win,
I felt it was right to be together
and thankfully we were tonight and we all can celebrate together
and went through that moment when the final whistle went.
Every time we've spoken to you this season you've been great at playing a straight bat,
you've been the man to say, 'Next game, next game',
you've played it well, but was there a point through the season where you thought,
'That could be the key moment', a certain game that could have been pivotal?
I know you’re probably bored of me saying the next game is the main focus
and that’s all we focus on, but honestly that is the truth,
it was the truth then and it always will be.
That is the focus, it’s so narrow and you just want to concentrate on each game
because that’s why we were so successful last year
and that’s why each game we’ve been able to be so consistent,
because we haven’t really been thinking about the end goal.
We’re thinking about that 90 minutes and that team that we’re playing against,
so I think that has worked really well for us.
That’s not just something I was saying, or the lads were saying,
in front of the cameras, that was the truth.
We didn’t want to think about four, five, 10, 15 games down the line,
because you can’t change that, all you can change is the next game.
And like I say, I felt as though we’ve done that so far throughout the season
really well and now it’s another challenge to be able to do it
from now until the end of the season.
When you look back at the Man United game,
that was when people outwith you guys felt it was a big point,
I think you went 16 points clear then, at the time did that feel like a big result
or were you so in the bubble that you blocked all that out?
What game was that, sorry?
The Man United game at Anfield.
There were numerous games where I felt there were big results and big performances
in certain stages of the season, but at the same time I never got carried away after a win
or a performance - it was literally:
‘Job done, let’s pick it up next game and keep doing that until we get to this point.’
You never know what's going to happen in football,
you can never predict what’s going to happen in the future,
so you’ve just got to live for the moment, live for the game
and the next game, and concentrate solely on that 90 minutes.
At times that may be hard when you’ve got outside noise and you’ve got people
wanting to talk to you about it all the time, after every game,
but that’s been a really good strength of ours this season
where that hasn’t bothered us.
I think that’s come with experience over the past couple of years
and we’ve been able to manage that really well.
2014, you missed out to City by a couple of points,
last year you missed out to City by a point, you lost just one game,
what does this mean to you personally?
A lot.
Like you say, I’ve been close last year, very close,
and 2014 I was close again and both [times] lost out to City.
So, yeah, this does feel really special for me personally
but also I’m so happy for my teammates, for the fans, for the club as a whole,
because they’ve been waiting so long for this Premier League title.
I’m just so proud to be part of this football club and this group of lads;
they deserve it, I know how hard they work every single day in training.
What we’ve done over the past couple of seasons,
I’ve felt we’ve deserved to win Champions League, the Super Cup,
the Club World Cup and now the Premier League.
Now it’s about keeping that going, staying hungry and keeping going
and I’ve got no doubt that the players at this football club will want to do that.
A lot of teams would have crumbled after last season,
because you put everything into it and City just put together this incredible run
and pipped you in the most exceptional circumstances.
What stopped you guys from crumbling, what made you guys be even better?
I think you can use that as a motivation and extra energy to keep going
and to want to do it really, to want to get over the line and finish the job off.
Last season we played so well and were so unlucky,
but City were amazing and they managed to pip us in the end.
We kept going right until the last day and that’s all we could ask for really.
Obviously a few weeks later winning the Champions League helped,
and then I think we’ve kicked on again and we’ve been unbelievable this season.
For now it’s about keeping on improving, keeping on doing the things we’ve been doing
to get to this point but also keep improving, learning even more
and if we do that then I’m pretty sure
there’ll be more trophies available to us in the near future.
Just finally, so I can let you go and celebrate with the rest of the boys,
what will it mean to you to lift that trophy?
Because it's been 30 years, three decades
since a Liverpool player has lifted the league trophy,
you weren't quite born, it's a huge amount of time and a huge honour upon you.
Yeah, I could never in words describe the feeling of winning the Premier League,
just like I couldn’t describe winning the Champions League.
It’s a unique feeling and one that, again, I’m very proud of.
I’ve been so honoured to be part of this football club
right from the first moment that I came, and to go on the journey, to be with this manager,
this group of players, these fans - it’s been so special.
But we’ll enjoy this, we’ll celebrate, then I know in the next few days
they’ll be straight onto the next game, which is City,
and finishing the season off as well as we can.
We want to win every game and we want to finish off
with the highest points record we can
and give that everything we’ve got,
and then we’ll go into next season and we’ll want even more.
So it’s about just keeping that hunger and I’ve got no doubt
that we’ve got that because we’ve proved that over the past couple of years.
Even when we have won trophies and we've lost trophies,
we’ve reacted in the right way, so I’ve got no doubt that we’ll react in the right way again.