Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has challenged his staff to “create their very own historical past” amid comparisons with the membership’s closing Premier League profitable facet. Arne Slot’s fees sit down six issues transparent of second-placed Arsenal with a recreation in hand forward of Sunday’s travel to West Ham. Chasing a primary English identify since 2020, the Reds are company favorites to be topped champions after profitable 13 occasions and shedding simply as soon as of their first 17 league video games. Liverpool enthusiasts are already debating if the present crop are as excellent as Jurgen Klopp’s staff, who lifted the trophy 4 years in the past to finish the membership’s 30-year identify drought.

However Alisson, certainly one of a handful of avid gamers closing from Klopp’s squad, mentioned Slot’s males need to be ranked on their very own phrases fairly than in comparison to a facet that reached 3 Champions League finals in addition to profitable the Premier League beneath the German.

“I do not believe it is too identical, two other groups. A couple of avid gamers nonetheless play within the staff however we have now a bit bit other taste now, extra ball ownership, sooner than it was once truly easy: a large number of transition, a large number of depth,” the Brazilian mentioned.

“That staff was once truly particular, we accomplished good stuff, it was once the primary Premier League identify for this membership in a very long time. We accomplished the Champions League in combination as neatly, the season sooner than.

“I imagine we would not have to match ourselves with the groups previously, we need to create our personal historical past.

“We aren’t going to erase the issues we did previously that had been truly particular and be all the time within the historical past of this membership.”

Of the 20-man squad named for Liverpool’s 3-1 win towards Leicester on Boxing Day, 8 have revel in of profitable the identify 4 years in the past.

Best Mohamed Salah stays from the well-known entrance 3 that still featured Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino 4 years in the past.

However Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez have joined with Salah to create an efficient ahead line for Slot.

Alisson is inspired with their affect, in addition to the starvation displayed through the avid gamers but to revel in identify glory with the Reds.

“We’ve got a couple of avid gamers which can be enjoying right here lengthy sufficient, that skilled the absolute best height of perhaps the Jurgen Klopp technology and the bottom as neatly,” he mentioned.

“We’ve got the standard to do one thing particular and a very powerful factor is the dedication this is had to win one thing is there, and the eagerness, the will.

“We’re hungry and we need to win each recreation in entrance people and that is the reason all we’re serious about at the present time.”