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Why Liverpool can do it
- Updated: December 31, 2016
After seeing off Manchester City 1-0 at Anfield on New Year’s Eve, Liverpool moved clear of their rivals to confirm themselves as Chelsea’s biggest threat.
While still five points adrift of the Premier League leaders, there’s a growing conviction that Jurgen Klopp’s men are capable of going all the way.
Here, we pick out five reasons why Liverpool can become champions of England for the first time since 1990…
Goalscoring threat
Gini Wijnaldum’s towering header to open the scoring against City was only the Dutchman’s second goal in a Liverpool shirt. Perhaps that made him a surprise scorer for the Reds but a feature of Klopp’s team is that goals can come from anywhere.
Wijnaldum is one of 12 different goalscorers for Liverpool in this season’s Premier League and half a dozen of them have found the net at least four times – more than any other club. With multiple threats, Liverpool have become a very difficult team to stop.
A true team effort
The fact that the goals have been spread around hints at another truth about this Liverpool side – they are not reliant on any one man. Philippe Coutinho was perceived as the one who provided the spark but the …
