Celebrating Liverpool fans spark police intervention and Covid-19 warnings - in pictures

Supporters told to stay at home after a second day of gathering crowds to mark first league title for 30 years

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on Friday, June 26. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Fireworks go off outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Fireworks go off outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. PA

Liverpool fans celebrate outside Anfield on Friday, the second day of partying. PA

Liverpool fan Paul Davies poses with a cut out trophy outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool. AFP

Liverpool fans let off flares outside the Liver Building in Liverpool. AP

Liverpool fans celebrate outside Anfield on Friday, the second day of partying. PA

Liverpool fans celebrate outside Anfield on Friday, the second day of partying. AFP

Liverpool fans of various generations celebrate outside Anfield stadium. EPA

Liverpool fans from different generations pose next to the statue of legendary former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly outside Anfield. EPA

Liverpool fans celebrating outside Anfield stadium. EPA

Liverpool fans celebrate outside Anfield on Friday, the second day of partying. EPA

Liverpool fan gather in celebration outside Anfield stadium. AFP

Liverpool fans pose with a trophy-shaped balloon outside Anfield stadium. AFP

Liverpool fans celebrate outside Anfield on Friday, the second day of partying. PA

Liverpool fans hold a flag with the No 19 for their 19th league title outside Anfield. AFP

Banners and flags hung up by Liverpool ] fans flutter from a fence outside the Kop end of Anfield stadium. EPA

Liverpool fans mingle next to the Kop end of Anfield. EPA

Liverpool fans hang up a celebratory banner on a fence outside Anfield stadium. EPA

Fans gathering at the Liverpool city centre for a second night in a row to celebrate their team's Premier League title win have been urged to return to their homes due to fears of a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Liverpool's 30-year wait for their 19th English top-flight title ended on Thursday after second-placed Manchester City were beaten by Chelsea.

Thousands of fans turned up at Anfield stadium on Thursday to celebrate the win, and Merseyside Police issued a dispersal order on Friday after crowds gathered for a second consecutive night at the city centre near the Mersey Ferry terminal.

The police said on Twitter that the order would remain in force until Sunday.

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson urged fans to return home after pictures of the crowd near the Mersey Ferry terminal emerged on social media.

"I am really concerned about scenes at Pier Head tonight. I appreciate LFC fans want to celebrate but please, for your own safety, and that of others, go home and celebrate at home," Anderson said on Twitter.

"Covid-19 is still a major risk and our city has already lost far too many people to the illness.

"People are asking why we are not moving the fans on, or taking action to prevent them gathering. Councils simply do not have the power to do this. If you know someone who is there, please message them and ask them to come home."

Britain has one of the world's highest death tolls from the novel coronavirus. The country has reported more than 309,000 infections and over 43,400 deaths.