Liverpool's hopes of wrestling the Premier League title back off Manchester City may not look particularly promising at the moment, but there could be plenty of twists and turns to come.
Two draws and a defeat in their opening three matches saw Jurgen Klopp's side surprisingly drop seven points in August, handing an immediate initiative to Pep Guardiola's side, who currently sit eight points above the Reds and a point behind early pace-setters Arsenal, albeit the Merseyside club does have a game in hand.
Last season also showed observers that the FA Cup and Carabao Cup holders are more than capable of chasing down a deficit, coming from 14 points adrift of City to push them all the way to the final minutes of the season in pursuit of the league title. But if the Reds' results, performances and injury list has been a cause for dissatisfaction in the early knockings of a season that will be played out in two parts, comments from Jamie Carragher before the new campaign got underway offer a ray of hope.
