In recent years, Liverpool has certainly come on leaps and bounds to put themselves into the bracket of 'England's Elite' but have fallen short at important times of the season with lazy defending or shocking goalkeeping really becoming their weak point.
Jurgen Klopp taking over the Merseyside club in 2015 has since then signed some vital players like Sadio Mane, Andrew Robertson, Alisson Becker just for example have already become fan favourites and crucial parts to Liverpool's team.
The defence has been something uncertain for the Reds for a while until Virgil van Dijk finally signed in January 2018.
Despite the price paid for van Dijk, He immediately made an impact and has continued to improve Liverpool's defensive problems.
With the arrival of Alisson in goal, Liverpool has definitely looked stronger, more confident and consistent (so far) with major sports news outlets debating if they can challenge Manchester City for the title.
Winning a trophy is something Liverpool are in need of given the fact they have reached 3 finals under Klopp but lost, although times look promising.
Liverpool and Klopp have been criticised in recent years for having a "lack of winning mentality". A solid leader in VVD makes sense with why Klopp felt it was necessary to add the Dutch defender as soon as possible to change the attitude players in crucial games.
With Liverpool beating Crystal Palace away, the Reds demonstrated a fine performance of "winning ugly".
A centre-back partnership of Joe Gomez and VVD appeared strong with Virgil demanding his surrounding players and teaching Gomez as the game played out.
This fixture in recent years has proved difficult to Liverpool with the famous 3-3 'Crystanbul' in the 13/14 season under Brendan Rodgers, for Liverpool to get this result meant more than just 3 points.
Liverpool were able to carry on their form with a slow, yet strong 1-0 over Brighton which gives them 3 wins from 3 games, with a handsome set of 3 clean sheets to complement their performances individually and as a team.
With a spine of Alisson, van Dijk, Fabinho, Keita and Firmino with Salah and Mane aside it's only fair to understand why LFC fans are more confident than ever of the season ahead.
It should interesting to see how the Reds finish the season, with a trophy or just shy?
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