"I didn’t expect Liverpool to be up there, doing what they're doing, top of the league," former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said on TNT Sports when asked about the Premier League title race.
"I thought they’d be getting Champions League but I didn’t think they’d be pushing Man City again, I thought it was going to be Arsenal going toe-to-toe with Man City.
"But it shows you the recruitment they’ve done and the manager that Klopp is that they're back in it now."
Last year, Liverpool finished fifth in the Premier League and lost almost an entire midfield, forcing them to start the project that Jurgen Klopp dubbed as Liverpool 2.0.
At the start of the season, it would've been optimistic to suggest that this side would not just challenge for the league title but be on top with less than half the campaign remaining. That's exactly the case, though, and all the more credit to the boss.
