‘Liverpool can win PL title’

Lucas Leiva says Liverpool can win the Premier League title this season, but admits there is plenty of work still to do.

Jurgen Klopp’s men have spent the international break sitting top of the table, one point ahead of Chelsea and two ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal. 

They rounded off their rise to the summit with a 6-1 thrashing of Watford at the start of the month, with Lucas starting at centre-back in place of the ill Dejan Lovren. 

The victory at Anfield saw Liverpool extend their unbeaten run to 12 games, and Lucas believes the Reds can win the Premier League title, but he is not counting on lifting the trophy just yet after previous experiences. 

“Yes I think we can with the title. We have had very good results and playing against some very hard teams and we’ve showed that if we perform the way we are at this moment, we believe we can win the title,” he told Soccer Saturday. 

“But it is a very early stage. I have been top of the league in other years at this stage around Christmas time and ended up not winning so we have to go game by game and it is a long season.

“There are times that we will be struggling as every team does and we will have to be able to cope with that, still collect as many points as we can and see where it will take us by May. 

“Of course we know where we are at this moment but it is something we don’t really talk too much about. It is great to be there but there are still a lot of games to be …

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