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Contrary to the rest of the Europe's top five leagues, the Premier League is turning out to be a monopoly, thanks to the rip-roaring and record-breaking Liverpool team.
The Reds are flying this season again, but flying higher than ever. And with 21 wins from their opening 22 league games, they lead holders Manchester City by 16 points with a game in hand!
With each passing game, the certainty of Liverpool lifting the Premier League trophy is edging closer to becoming a reality as the 30-year wait for a league title looks set to come to an end this year finally.
Numerous records have been made and broken, and we have only embarked on the second-half of the season! Liverpool's form suggests they are on course to smash more, and should they lift the trophy - which in all liklihood they will - can become the greatest title winners ever.
Here are the five stats that show how ridiculously good Liverpool have been this season:
#5 Liverpool have scored in each of their 22 league games
So relentless have Liverpool been this season, that no defense has been able to shut them out. Not in the 22 league games so far at least.
This scoring run is the best for a team since 2001-02 when Arsenal netted in every game en route to lifting the Premier League trophy.
Manchester City were the last side to embark on such a barnstorming run in 2017-18, before Crystal Palace forced a goalless draw on matchday 21 to end the hot streak.
The Reds though, haven't come across such a stumbling block yet - in fact, they haven't failed to find the back of the net since March last year when Everton stifled them in a 0-0 derby draw, 31 games ago!
A total of 16 players have got on the scoresheet for Liverpool in the Premier League, spearheaded by the fearsome attacking trident of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, who've accounted for 28 goals between themselves.
Arsenal's long-standing record is still some way off, but it would be a truly remarkable feat and also a testament to the squad's ridiculous talent, if they manage to emulate the same.
#4 Liverpool have the best goal-difference in Europe's top five leagues
Talking of goals, well, Liverpool have proved to be the most prolific in Europe's top five leagues behind only rivals Manchester City, who've struck a staggering 62 times in the league already.
However, the Reds still trump Pep Guardiola's swashbuckling side on goal-difference, courtesy of a meaner defensive record.
They have conceded only 14 times in 23 games - the joint second-least in the top five leagues, and the goal-difference currently stands at +38, marginally trumping City who come second with +37.
Paris Saint-Germain are the only other side with a goal-difference of over 35.
So, Liverpool are not only free-scoring, but also stout at the back. They've kept nine cleansheets so far, including one in each of the last seven games!
In fact, Everton have been the only side so far to have scored more than once against this stoic Reds team in the league this season. Let that sink in first.
Liverpool haven't traditionally had issues with goals, but the defense has looked more obdurate than it ever has. Last season they conceded only 22 times, and may well leak fewer goals this time around on this evidence.
#3 Liverpool's 16-point lead at the top is the highest in Europe's top five leagues
Liverpool's irresistible run has propelled them into a league of their own - so much so that they lead Manchester City by a mammoth 16 points!
And the most interesting part is - the Reds even have a game in hand!
While most of this is down to the side's rich vein of form, but their rivals have contrived to make it easier for the Reds too.
The Citizens have frittered away this season, losing five times already despite some big wins along the way. Leicester City have shown tremendous promise under Brendan Rodgers, but haven't been to able to cope with Liverpool's form either.
The likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have blown hot and cold, whereas Arsenal are still stuck in a rut. All these left the Reds totally unchallenged at the top, and they have now disappeared out of sight.
The 16-point lead that they are enjoying at the top is also higher than in any of the top five leagues - in fact, the next biggest point difference between the league leaders and the second-placed side is eight points.
And the league? The French Ligue 1!
#2 Liverpool are the only unbeaten side in Europe's top five leagues
All the top five leagues in Europe have played at least 20 games so far, and all the teams barring Liverpool have tasted defeat at least once.
The Reds remain the only team yet to finish on the losing side of a match - even after 22 games!
With most of the European bigwigs witnessing a tumultuous start to the season, Serie A's serial winners Juventus were the only other side to go unbeaten until matchday 15 alongside Klopp's indomitable side, but then Lazio came along and threw a spanner in their works.
That left Liverpool as the last team still standing undefeated, and they now look to emulate Arsenal's enviable record of going an entire league season without a loss.
It's far easier said than done, considering the runaway Premier League leaders still have trips to Everton, Manchester City and Arsenal to come, interspersed between some crucial Champions League games. But on current form, Liverpool stand every chance to come out of each of those trips unscathed.
#1 Liverpool have made the best start to a season in Europe's history
With 64 points in the bag from a possible 66, Liverpool have made the best start to a season by any side in Europe's top five leagues in the history!
So unstoppable have the Reds been, that they have won 21 games out of the 22 that they've played, with Manchester United being the only side to have successfully taken points off Jurgen Klopp's juggernaut on matchday nine.
That stalemate instead, seemed to have spurred this side further, rampaging through the next 13 games without breaking a sweat, including a 2-0 reverse over the Red Devils in the last game.
Manchester City previously held the record for the best ever start when they won 19 of the first 20 games in the record-breaking 2017-18 season - but it took Liverpool just two years to surpass that mark and have gone three better with wins over Sheffield United, Tottenham Hotspur and lately, Manchester United since drawing level.
All pointers clearly suggest that Liverpool will be the Premier League champions this year - at last!
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