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Liverpool seem more “mature” and will win the Premier League this season, former Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has told Sky Sports.
What did he say?
The Reds are flying high so far this term in the league. They currently top the table by eight points from Leicester City and Chelsea, whilst the Citizens are a further point back in fourth.
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And the 71-year-old former England boss has said that he believes Jurgen Klopp and Co will be ahead of the rest come the end of the season as well. He said: “It will be their year, for sure.
“Klopp is doing excellent. They’re playing very good football, there’s a good spirit and they always come back even if they are down. I am quite sure that this is the year that Liverpool will win the Premier League and it’s about time.
“They played very well last season. Of course, they won the Champions League but they seem to be even more mature and they believe in what they’re doing.
“They believe that they are the best, even if they are down they come back and they trust what they are doing.”
Fail to succeed
It does look very good for the Merseyside outfit right now. After 30 years without a league title, they are now in pole position. It really is theirs to lose.
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It is interesting to see Eriksson mentioned maturity and belief. This, surely, has come from the previous failures both Klopp and the Reds have endured. The 52-year-old lost six finals in a row, both with Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, before winning the Champions League, whilst the Reds lost seven finals in a row before becoming European champions in Madrid last year.
Tasting defeat may hurt in the moment, but in the long run, it can be a good thing. Losing makes the desire to succeed and come out on top even stronger, and when you do win, the will to prevail again is present. When you know how difficult losing is, it is not something you do not want to go through again.
Liverpool can use their past failures to their advantage this term. Last season, they were agonisingly close to winning the Premier League, with the 97 points they picked up being a record for the a second-placed team in England. They were just one point behind City, and even led by seven points at one moment in the campaign. Missing out on the final day will have hurt. They will be desperate to avoid doing so again.
In other news, it has emerged that one Liverpool star turned down PSG and Manchester City before moving to Anfield.