Are Liverpool in the title race? Their match against Arsenal will tell us a lot

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Liverpool beat the Premier League’s top scorers 2-0, kept a clean sheet against a side that had scored 23 goals in their first seven games, and won a league match at home for the first time since April.Liverpool have won their last five games – including knocking Chelsea out of the Carabao Cup at Anfield on penalties – and are fourth in the Premier League, but there is still the sense that nobody quite trusts what they are watching. And they have been impressive in the Champions League, winning all three of their games so far to sit third in the 36-team table.Since the 3-0 home defeat to Manchester City at the start of October, Liverpool have scored 15 goals in five games.

By the end of Slot’s time in charge they looked devoid of confidence and conviction.Liverpool conceded 53 goals in the Premier League last season – their highest total since 1993-94. There is a recognisable identity again: a pressing, transition-hungry side designed to win the ball high and feed Alexander Isak, who has six league goals – second only to Erling Haaland in the race for the Premier League golden boot.Liverpool have kept clean sheets in half of their league games this season, which suggests the balance has returned too.

In fact, Liverpool have already picked up five points from losing positions in the Premier League – as many as they managed in the whole of last season. Liverpool have scored just 11 goals in their eight league games; eight teams have scored more – Brighton have scored more than twice as many goals as Liverpool.