Liverpool was on the end of a thinly-veiled dig from Manchester City mere moments after Pep Guardiola's side secured the league title. In beating West Ham to secure first place ahead of Arsenal, it became the first side to win four Premier League crowns in a row.

While Jürgen Klopp referenced Manchester City in a classy manner during his Liverpool farewell, taking a moment amid the Anfield festivities to congratulate his old rival on winning the Premier League, the Etihad outfit showed its true colors in an altogether less pleasant way.

Mere minutes after securing the title, the Manchester City social media team concocted a post on X (formerly Twitter). It read "This. Means. Four," complete with trophy emojis.

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This was quite an obvious dig at 'This Means More', a slogan adopted by Liverpool to celebrate its success in recent seasons under Klopp. While there could be some valid critiques from within about some of the ways in which this has been used as a marketing tool over the years, the jibe from Manchester City goes down as the cheapest of shots.

It could also be seen as a nod to recent remarks from Trent Alexander-Arnold, who echoed the club slogan in saying that triumphs with Liverpool mean more than they would elsewhere. It's strange that this was even controversial, coming from a Scouser who has come up through the Academy — it would be more bizarre if he felt any other way.

Yet Liverpool's perfectly normal belief that its own club is special seems to have struck a nerve with Manchester City. It took its chance to take one last swipe at Klopp's side.

Liverpool.com says: Celebrating a historic Premier League accomplishment in this way just smacks of insecurity. How a team that has been this good for so long can continue to act as though it does not belong at the top table almost beggars belief.

It would be interesting to know what Guardiola made of the post. He has been vocal in saying that this era at Manchester City could not have happened without Liverpool and Klopp, a message he reiterated ahead of the West Ham game.

Either way, it won't have affected the day for Klopp. What might have been a sad occasion was turned into a celebration of everything he and Liverpool have achieved together over the last near-decade, creating memories that will last a lifetime.