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Momentum is a key – perhaps the key – component to any team. When it’s absent, times can seldom look bleaker. But when it’s present, a cohesive group of players can feel unstoppable.
Liverpool, most strikingly away from the hallowed Anfield turf, are currently on one of those runs. Good luck standing in their way. On Tuesday, on the very same pitch that they secured their sixth European crown, LaLiga champions Atletico Madrid tried and failed to stop the Red machine.
It’s now eight consecutive away matches where Jurgen Klopp’s side have scored three or more goals, dating back to mid-May. Even then, Alisson’s wondrous last-minute header against West Brom made it an occasion to remember in a top four-sealing 2-1 triumph.
Liverpool scored three for the eighth consecutive away game against Atletico on Tuesday
The Reds are rampant in attack at the moment, spearheaded by the unstoppable Mo Salah
The last time Liverpool were shut out on the road? Their first match of 2021, a 1-0 loss at Southampton.
That’s 21 games and counting. They also scored four at an empty Old Trafford in May, their first win at the Theatre of Dreams under Klopp, and in seven years.
Plenty to think about then for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s confidence-bereft Manchester United side, who come into this game off the back of two losses and one draw in their last three Premier League games, with four conceded at Leicester last Saturday.
They also looked all at sea in the first half against Atlanta, conceding two cheap goals, before a stirring comeback led by – who else? – Cristiano Ronaldo.
Yet a rampant Reds is the last thing the United boss needs to roll into town right now.
Sadio Mane is linking up with Salah like old times again, with both players in terrific form
Because at the moment, Liverpool are the most in-form team in Europe. Whilst not perfect – due to draws against Chelsea, Brentford and Man City – they are unbeaten in all competitions and they’ve also…
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Source : dailymail
