Rating the Premier League contenders so far: Liverpool

Liverpool sit firmly on top of the table but have other teams who are planning to hijack their title challenge. Let’s have a look at how things have fared for Klopp so far.

Liverpool are one of the three teams that can proudly boast a 100% record in the Premier League, next to Chelsea and Watford. The Reds have dispatched West Ham United, Crystal Palace, Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City on their way to twelve out of twelve possible points in four matches so far in the Premier League.

Mohammed Salah has not turned up as strong as last season for the Klopp’s side and has only scored twice over four matches, though he has provided two assists as well. But there has been a new protagonist type of figure in the team in Sadio Mane. The Senegalese international has scored four goals in as many matches and is leading the Premier League’s top scoring charts jointly alongside Aleksander Mitrovic.

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The defensive issues have been among Liverpool’s gravest ones in the last few years, but signings of Alisson Becker, accompanied by the top forms of Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk have ensured that they have conceded only one goal so far in 360 minutes of football, keeping their strong defensive record at the Anfield intact.

The midfield was slight issue for Jurgen Klopp but the signing of Naby Keita has seemed to have put an end to it. The Reds are yet to face a stern test in the Premier League but there has been no meagreness in the creativity that is flowing from the centre of the park, accompanying Klopp’s preferred fluid style of football.

With four games gone and as many as thirty four yet to come, Liverpool sit on top of the Premier League standings and for once in numerous years are also strong candidates to lift the prestigious trophy of the English top flight. However, with all due to respect to their opponents, the Champions League runners-up of last season are yet to face a litmus paper test that could determine their locale in the Premier League standings.

A good transfer window has been accompanied with a family like atmosphere in the dressing room, which is mainly the credit that Jurgen Klopp should take. I would rate Liverpool’s season as 9 out of 10 so far.