Calm Reds are in groove for title push

I WENT to Anfield on Saturday to watch Liverpool beat Newcastle and, in the second half, I looked at them and thought, ‘What a fantastic, cohesive team my old club are’.

I know how good they are on any given day but they had something else about them — a different kind of belief, a tempo and quality that showed they really are in the groove.

If you’re looking for weaknesses, maybe you could point to Adrian being out of contract in the summer and Divock Origi being slightly disappointing in his performance and the fact he had to go off.

But, otherwise, both full-backs can both stake a claim to be among the best in the world in their positions, Joel Matip is playing with confidence, Gini Wijnaldum’s transition from box-to-box midfielder to reliable, positional, holding midfielder is almost complete and the hunger of James Milner coming on and being a team player was obvious.

Nobody can tell me either that there’s a better front three or blend of a front three in football than Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino (above).

When Liverpool went 1-0 down, the fans got a bit angsty because there’s a belief that they need to win every game because Manchester City will.

But they rode that, nailed it and did not take their foot off Newcastle’s neck.

They look like they have the calm of a title-winning team and that’s the biggest compliment I can pay them.

I QUESTIONED whether Tammy Abraham could become a 20-goal-aseason Premier League striker at the start of the season. I wanted to know if he could be better with his back to goal, more dynamic in the penalty box, and whether he had the sharpness that – when the ball dropped – then bang, it was in the back of the goal.

Abraham (above) has 100 per cent thrown my doubts in my face and I’m delighted for him.