Back in February, Liverpool slipped away from Selhurst Park after a goalless draw, six points adrift of the top four.
In the aftermath, manager Jurgen Klopp spoke candidly about how there would be ‘no big movies’ made about their season but they would ‘have to go through it anyway’.
It was four days after a 5-2 defeat by Real Madrid at Anfield had all but ended their hopes of major silverware for the campaign. ‘This will not be the season in the history books people want to look at again and again,’ said Klopp.
He also admitted it was clear he had to do something in the summer. So as Harvey Elliott scored the stoppage-time winner that took ‘Liverpool 2.0’ top of the table after yet another comeback victory, it was hard to downplay the significance of the moment.
Not since May 2022 had Klopp’s men finished a day top of the tree. This display was unconvincing but there is a resilience and ruthlessness about Liverpool.
Their goals came after Jordan Ayew had been sent off, from their only two shots on target, with Klopp admitting it was a ‘really bad performance’ until Mohamed Salah’s deflected 76th-minute equaliser. They have won 18 of their 37 points from losing positions this season — more than any other team — and their sole league defeat came against Tottenham in the infamous game in which they went down to nine men and Luis Diaz’s goal was wrongly disallowed.
With 12 goals in the last 10 minutes of matches, they keep finding ways to get the job done.
If there were any doubts over their ambitions, goalkeeper Alisson put them to bed on his return to the side, following three games out through injury. ‘Our target, our goal, is winning the league,’ said the Brazilian. ‘A winning team needs that mentality to keep on coming from
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