Liverpool sit atop the Premier League desk, six factors above Arsenal and with an excellent recreation. They’re being tipped to complete the season as champions in solely the primary marketing campaign beneath new supervisor Arne Slot.
The Dutchman has stuffed Jurgen Klopp’s boots seamlessly and will information Liverpool to solely their second Premier League title.
They’ve appeared imperious, beating Leicester Metropolis 3-1 of their final outing following a 6-3 mullering of Tottenham Hotspur in north London. The Reds are unbeaten in 22 video games since their shock loss to Nottingham Forest.
Nonetheless, the gamers are preserving themselves grounded and have refused to just accept the tag of favourites for the Premier League title. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker gave his view on their ambitions.
Alisson mentioned (by way of ) on profitable the Premier League: “It’s our purpose. It’s our goal. At this level, we can not simply begin to look to the factors and see the way it goes.
“We’ve to actually deal with the subsequent opponent that we’ve in entrance of us. That’s the mentality that we’d like and are having in the mean time. We all know how the Premier League can change so shortly in two video games.”
Liverpool are being cautious. Greater than every other staff within the Premier League, they know what it means to lose their grip on the title within the last days of the season.
The Merseysiders famously clinched 97 factors in 2018/19 and have been nonetheless pipped to the title by Manchester Metropolis. They’ll take confidence in Metropolis’s abysmal type, however they should be cautious.
In 2013/14, they appeared on their method to the title earlier than a collection of catastrophic occasions led to them lacking out. Slot and are proper to be cautious, however there’s a quiet confidence about the best way they play.
Liverpool look prepared to carry on to first place until Might, and there doesn’t appear to be a worthy challenger within the division this time period.