Shaqiri: We’re in

AND two.

Not just any two of course. The two most complete outfits in the Premier League. Two sides shaping up for a battle royal over the next six months.

The new and defensively-improved Liverpool are still nowhere near their best yet they were just too good for a very capable Watford side.

Leaders Manchester City will not find Jurgen Klopp’s men as easy to shake off as the Chelsea team beaten by Tottenham on Saturday. then there were

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Liverpool are in it for the long haul. Deeper squad, steelier defensively – inspired by the superb Virgil van Dijk – and with far, far more up front.

“We’re going to be there until the end,” said Swiss midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri.

“We don’t have to look to Man City, we just have to look to ourselves.

“Every game has its own history and we have to look game to game, not look at where we might be at the end of the season.”

Let’s deal with the Watford injustice first.

Andy Robertson clipped Will Hughes’ leg with the score 0-0. If Watford had scored at that point it would have been a different game.

Why referee Jon Moss chose not to give a penalty is a mystery. VAR cannot come into the Premier League soon enough.

But Watford manager Javi Gracia says he will never criticise referees this season. Gracia said: “In the last two games