After 11 Premier League games, it’s safe to say even the most ardent Liverpool fan wouldn’t have predicted such a fantastic start to the new season.
Arne Slot has enjoyed the best start of any manager in Premier League history and has won 15 of his 17 games in charge of the club, with their only loss coming against Nottingham Forest at Anfield last month.
The Dutchman has imprinted his philosophy at the club and his diligent work on the training ground seems to be paying dividends, with a lot of players improving considerably under his tutelage.
Naturally, expectations among the Anfield faithful have grown over the past few weeks as they find themselves at the top of the Premier League and UEFA Champions League standings.And Gary Neville has had his say on Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes as he went on to admit that he’s been taken aback by their chances of being crowned champions.
Liverpool given nearly 60% chance of winning the Premier LeagueWith Liverpool five points clear of second-placed Manchester City and nine clear of Arsenal, they find themselves in a fantastic position after 11 games.
The previous Premier League matchday saw the Reds secure a 2-0 win against Aston Villa, while Man City were beaten 2-1 by Brighton and Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw against Chelsea.Amid the ongoing international break, an Opta Supercomputer gave Liverpool a nearly 60% chance of winning the league this season, which just goes to show how good their start to the season has been.
Gary Neville shocked by probability of Liverpool winning the Premier LeagueNeville isn’t a popular man at Anfield and has always been skeptical about Liverpool, more so after Jurgen Klopp’s departure.
After initially predicting them to finish outside the UEFA Champions League spot this season, Neville admitted last week that Liverpool will finish in the top four, although he played down talks of them potentially winning the title.
And now, the Manchester United icon can’t believe just how high Liverpool’s probability of winning the league is, with Man City given a 34% chance of doing so and Arsenal, 4%.
Last night I got stopped in my tracks because I was on Instagram and I saw Sky Sports post out a title probability percentage,” said Neville on Stick to Football.
It blew my mind actually. I was mesmerised. Liverpool 60% most likely to win the title, City 34%, Arsenal 4.9% chance. I was like there is no way that’s right.
Arsenal at 4% and Liverpool at 60%, I just don’t feel that probability is right at this moment in time. I know it’s been different in the last few years but that’s because of Pep and we are not talking about a Pep season here.
15 or 20 years ago, we would have been saying chill out everyone, everyone is writing Arsenal off, saying they have a must-win game and City are out of it. I just thought wow.
Then I saw another stat that there are only five teams who have ever been this far in front at this stage of the season and they have all won the league.
