Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has challenged his group to “create their very own historical past” amid comparisons with the membership’s final Premier League successful facet.
Arne Slot’s prices sit six factors away from second-placed Arsenal with a recreation in hand forward of Sunday’s journey to West Ham.
Chasing a primary English title since 2020, the Reds are agency favourites to be topped champions after successful 13 occasions and shedding simply as soon as of their first 17 league video games.
Liverpool followers are already debating if the present crop are pretty much as good as Jurgen Klopp’s group, who lifted the trophy 4 years in the past to finish the membership’s 30-year title drought.
However Alisson, one in every of a handful of gamers remaining from Klopp’s squad, mentioned Slot’s males need to be ranked on their very own phrases relatively than in comparison with a facet that reached three Champions League finals in addition to successful the Premier League beneath the German.
“I do not assume it is too related, two completely different groups. A couple of gamers nonetheless play within the group however we now have just a little bit completely different model now, extra ball possession, earlier than it was actually easy: a number of transition, a number of depth,” the Brazilian mentioned.
“That group was actually particular, we achieved nice issues, it was the primary Premier League title for this membership in a very long time. We achieved the Champions League collectively as effectively, the season earlier than.
“I consider we do not have to match ourselves with the groups prior to now, we now have to create our personal historical past.
“We’re not going to erase the issues we did prior to now that had been actually particular and be all the time within the historical past of this membership.”
Of the 20-man squad named for Liverpool’s 3-1 win in opposition to Leicester on Boxing Day, eight have expertise of successful the title 4 years in the past.
Solely Mohamed Salah stays from the well-known entrance three that additionally featured Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino 4 years in the past.
However Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez have joined with Salah to create an efficient ahead line for Slot.
Alisson is impressed with their influence, in addition to the starvation displayed by the gamers but to expertise title glory with the Reds.
“We have now a couple of gamers which are enjoying right here lengthy sufficient, that skilled the best peak of perhaps the Jurgen Klopp period and the bottom as effectively,” he mentioned.
“We have now the standard to do one thing particular and an important factor is the dedication that’s wanted to win one thing is there, and the fervour, the need.
“We’re hungry and we wish to win each recreation in entrance of us and that is all we’re targeted on in the intervening time.”
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