Arsene Wenger says Liverpool are ‘on course’ to become the new Invincibles.
The European and world champions appear increasingly likely to end a 30-year wait for the Premier League title this season with a runaway lead.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have gone unbeaten in their opening 19 games of the campaign with only a draw at Manchester United disrupting a flawless run.
Wenger, whose Arsenal team gained immortality for avoiding defeat in their title-winning campaign of 2003/04, believes the Reds are on the right track.
“You look at the number of goals they score and the number of goals they concede,” he told beIN Sports.
“They are very good. They play intelligent football, their players make intelligent decisions on the pitch.
“My experience when you play the whole season unbeaten is that they accumulated the belief that if they just continue to play they will win the game.
“That is very difficult to get in the team because you need a special run to do that and to get the fear of losing out of the team.
“It’s something that is very important and they have that at the moment.”
He added: “They were close last year and they are still on course to do it.
“But I think what Liverpool is expecting at the moment is just to win the Premier League and that is the first target for such a football city
“To stay for 30 years without winning the Premier League… nobody would have predicted that.
“That is their main target and I think they are on a good run and on a good course to achieving that this season because their main opponent is quite far away already.”