Thousands of football fans gather in Liverpool and London to watch victory parades

The streets of Liverpool are lined with hundreds of thousands of fans as supporters watch the Premier League champions parade through the city.

Fans are climbing onto buildings, walls, lampposts and even traffic lights to catch a glimpse of the victors as the parade winds its way through the city, following a 10-mile route that is expected to take more than two hours to complete.

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Liverpool were presented with the Premier League trophy at a packed Anfield stadium on Sunday.

Mo Salah scored a late equaliser for Liverpool to equal the single-season record for most goal contributions in a Premier League season.

Liverpool City Council predicts at least half a million people will turn out to watch the victory parade.

Across the country, the streets of South London have turned red and blue as Crystal Palace fans gathered to watch the players' open-top bus journey towards Selhurst Park, which began just after 1pm today.

Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley, winning the team their first major trophy.

Supporters chased after the bus as it moved slowly through South London, carrying Palace flags and setting off red and blue flares.

Fans have also filled the pitch and stands at Selhurst Park, where there will be speeches from the players and manager and the club's end-of-season awards will be presented.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, Arsenal fans congregated this morning outside the Emirates Stadium to celebrate Arsenal Women's Champions League victory over Barcelona.

Arsenal Women beat three-time European champions Barcelona Women 1-0 at the Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday, winning the Gunners their second European title.

Fans at the front of the crowd arrived outside the Emirates Stadium at 6am to nab the best view of the victors.

The players lifted the trophy and danced on stage as clouds of red and white confetti were fired into the air behind them.