Jermaine Pennant has labelled Liverpool as ‘the most effective workforce in Europe’ in the meanwhile after their scintillating begin to the season.
Many pundits predicted in the course of the summer time that the Reds would undergo a post-Jurgen Klopp hangover and fall away from contending for main trophies, however as an alternative Arne Slot’s workforce sit prime of each the Premier League and the Champions League standings, with the Dutchman profitable 14 of his first 16 video games in cost.
The preliminary accusations of a relatively simple fixture listing previous to the October worldwide break have since been dismissed by LFC profitable 5 of their subsequent six matches towards high-quality opposition, most of whom are competing on the enterprise finish of their home leagues.
Pennant calls Liverpool ‘the most effective workforce in Europe’
Talking on talkSPORT, Pennant pointed to these spectacular outcomes as substantiation for his declare that Liverpool are superior to each different workforce in Europe proper now.
The previous Reds winger stated: “I feel they’re most likely probably the greatest groups in Europe in the meanwhile. Stats don’t lie. The best way they’re taking part in, they’ve had a tricky run of fixtures, Chelsea, Leipzig, Arsenal, Brighton, Leverkusen – who’re the champions of the German league – they usually have come out unscathed. You gotta say in the meanwhile, they’re the most effective workforce in Europe.”
The numbers again up Pennant’s declare
Slot would possibly concurrently be flattered by Pennant’s excessive reward for his workforce whereas additionally imploring him to not speak up Liverpool in such a grandiose method at such an early stage within the season.
Throughout 14 Premier League and Champions League video games, the Reds have 37 factors, a median of two.64 per match.
In comparison with the present leaders of Europe’s different ‘large 5’ leagues, Paris Saint-Germain have 30 factors from the identical variety of matches (2.14 per sport), Bayern Munich have 29 from 13 (2.23), Barcelona have 42 in 16 (2.62), and Napoli – who aren’t in European competitors – lead Serie A with 25 factors from 11 video games (2.27).
On that foundation, the 41-year-old’s declare stands to cause, with solely Hansi Flick’s facet coming near the points-per-game haul that Slot’s Liverpool have accrued thus far.
These numbers will likely be rendered insignificant if the Reds don’t go on to carry main silverware this season, however for the second it contextualises simply how brilliantly they’ve been doing underneath their new boss.
Stern exams lay in retailer between now and the New Yr, but when LFC can come via that interval nonetheless trying down on the remainder of the Premier League and Champions League, they’ll have earned the suitable to set their sights as excessive as doable for the second half of the marketing campaign.
