Liverpool are a reformed team this season, sitting in second place in the Premier League, just one point behind leaders Chelsea with seven games to go.  It is certainly an improvement on the last campaign.  It looks as though Brendan Rodgers’ ideas and way of playing are starting to sink into the players at the Merseyside club. 

Wednesday night’s 2-1 win at Anfield against lowly Sunderland proved that they can win “ugly” and this is why I think that it may just be Liverpool’s year.  For the most part of that match, the Reds were on top but struggled to overcome The Black Cats as they held firm, but they say Champions can win when they are perhaps not at their best and that is certainly what Liverpool did.  It did not create the same excitement of their performances at Spurs or United, games in which Liverpool dispatched of the so-called “bigger clubs” with ease but it was just as important and will no doubt give the fans just the same satisfaction. 

The Anfield club have been on fire this season scoring three or more goals in no less than seventeen top flight games which has surly got to be some sort of record.  They have been great to watch but I don’t think even the most loyal of Liverpool fans could have predicted that their club would have such a brilliant and entertaining season. 

After missing out on the title to Manchester United by four points in 2009, Liverpool and their fans have had to endure mediocre seasons and disappointing mid table finishes and were beginning to fall behind the other big name Premier League sides.  No longer were they tipped as a threat in the race to win the title.  There was not even the side dish of the Champions League for the fans to enjoy, the less respected Europa League was as close as they got to a big European night at Anfield.  It has not been good enough for this famous club – of course five-time winners of the Champions League – but they look to be on their way back to former glory. 

For me, Brendan Rodgers has done a magnificent job at the club.  I don’t think he was the fans’ first choice when he succeeded Kenny Dalglish in 2012, but he is now a firm favorite with the “Kopiats” and he will obviously write his name into Liverpool history if he wins the Premier League.  It is great how he has stuck to his guns and his way of playing even if at times it has not worked for him and Liverpool previously.  They are now reaping the benefits and certainly have the quality to win the league. 

They are not the best defensively, however, but you would back them to out-score any team that they come up against with the deadly SAS up front and players such as Coutinho and Sterling they have the attacking prowess to put teams to the sword and more often than not this season they have. 

Pundits and fans alike are now starting to sit up and take notice of The Reds.  It seems as though Liverpool have gone about their business very quietly over the season, letting teams like City take all the headlines, but now just when it matters they are starting to up the anti- Wednesdays triumph was their seventh league win in a row.  Their destiny is in their own hands as well, with City and Chelsea both still it come to Anfield, it certainly makes for an entertaining end to a fantastic season. 

All in all, I think that Liverpool have got a real chance of winning the title this year, they may not have the best squad in the league, or the biggest but they also do not have any other competitions to contend with so focus is purely on the League.  Although I would never hear the end of it (my brother and a lot of my mates are Liverpool fans!)  I hope that they can finally join the elite and lift the Premier League for the first time.