LIVERPOOL are steamrolling towards finally breaking their Premier League duck following an incredible year for the runaway Reds.
And part of that incredible form is because Jurgen Klopp’s side are on a 20 consecutive home winning run – claiming three points in every match since a 1-1 stalemate with Leicester City 12 months ago.
What’s even more incredible is that their last loss in the Prem came back in April 2017, when a brace from former Liverpool striker Christian Benteke sealed a famous 2-1 win for Crystal Palace.
Since that day, Klopp has drastically overhauled his squad, with Roberto Firmino and Gini Wijnaldum the only two players starting on that day and in the Red’s league clash against Wolves on Thursday.
Liverpool now incredibly boasts 10 players who have NEVER tasted defeat at Anfield in England’s top-flight after making the switch to Merseyside.
Sadio Mane, who was absent through injury for the loss to Palace, has proved a lucky charm since his £36million move from Southampton in 2016.
The 27-year-old is yet to lose a single one of his 59 league games at Anfield with the Reds, winning 50 and drawing nine.
Fellow Golden Boot winner Mohamed Salah also shares an invincible record at Anfield with Mane in the Premier League, but the Egyptian was signed a full year after the Senegalese.
The ex-Roma winger all earned three points in Merseyside while playing for Chelsea in the Blues infamous 2-0 win over Liverpool in 2014.
And it was also the Stamford Bridge club than inflicted half of both Mane and Salah’s only defeats at Anfield – an Eden Hazard-inspired 2-1 loss in the League Cup last season.
That result is also responsible for blemishing Fabinho, Naby Keita, and Xherdan Shaqiri’s records, with those three also unbeaten in the Prem.
The only other defeat to dampen Liverpool’s recent history is the 3-2 FA Cup fourth-round exit to West Bromwich Albion.
Fellow league invincibles Virgil van Dijk and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain both featured in that game, with the Baggies also handing Mane and Salah their only other loss at Anfield since joining Liverpool.
Three players do hold the distinction of NEVER losing a single home game in any competition after donning the Red kit; Andrew Robertson, Alisson, and Adrian.
Brazilian stopper Alisson was on the receiving end of a 5-2 humbling at Anfield for Roma in the Champions League but has since claimed 31 wins and four draws in 35 games for Liverpool.
All of Klopp’s current side, however, are all nine games shy of matching Arsene Wenger’s 2004 Invincibles, with four home games.
Probably a safe bet that any defeat would come on Liverpool’s travels…
Liverpool can afford to lose SIX games and still win title… but the idea makes Jurgen Klopp want to vomit
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
