It may still prove to be slightly mistimed, but Liverpool’s startling late charge has Manchester United and Newcastle looking with genuine fear over their shoulders.
It has also got the club’s own followers scratching their heads, wondering why it took them until the final six weeks of the season to put together their longest winning run of the campaign…and look like the real Liverpool in the process.
They have seven straight wins now, nine unbeaten in total, and with games against Aston Villa and Southampton to come, have a real chance to record nine straight wins - which would equal their best ever winning run at the end of a campaign under Jurgen Klopp.
