Klopp has made defining in-game changes to take Liverpool to top of EPL

Mohamed Salah has the most goal involvements. Virgil van Dijk is back to his imperious best. Alisson is again in contention for the golden glove and Trent Alexander-Arnold is excelling in his hybrid role.

But perhaps the most impressive performances for Liverpool this season have come from their manager, Jurgen Klopp.

First, there is the bigger project. The Liverpool relaunch and how he has masterminded a rebuilding of the team's midfield. The blending of new faces and emerging academy graduates with the trusted old guard. It is a transformation from the "disastrous" previous season - as he calls it - and testament to Klopp's squad-building skills and the culture he has created at the club.

The future's bright. We are into the next chapter of Klopp's Liverpool reign and it already looks like it has the potential to bring similar levels of success as the previous ones.

But it is within the cut and thrust of matches where Klopp has so impressively led Liverpool into the title race and into contention for three further trophies. His in-game changes have set him apart from his rivals and, more often than not, maximised Liverpool's return for their efforts.

The most emphatic stat to underline the point centres on the 30 goals and assists Liverpool's substitutes have delivered across all competitions this season.

That's 12 more than subs at any other Premier League team have recorded.

During the debate about whether football in England should permanently switch to allowing teams to use five subs rather than three, Klopp was an outspoken advocate for the increase.

He said that was largely because of the physical benefits that number of changes could have for his players, who are frequently called to work across many fronts. But he is