Unquestionably the Best Right Now: Liverpool Can Already Be Congratulated on the Title

Jürgen Klopp is leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years.

Doubts lingered until the very end. Given how easily and confidently Manchester City had claimed the last two Premier League titles, there was hope that they would keep the title race interesting this time too. But in the football marathon of the Premier League holiday period, known as Boxing Day, all doubt has finally disappeared: Liverpool are going to win their first championship in 30 years.

Jürgen Klopp's team, having drawn only once and not lost any of their 17 league matches, travelled on Thursday to their closest pursuer. Leicester, under former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, are considered one of the most interesting teams in the league, and it seemed they had a chance to stop Liverpool, who were on a remarkable run. How did it end? A 4-0 win for the Reds.

And on Friday evening Manchester City, currently third, also dropped points. Although they were playing with a man disadvantage while leading 2-0, Pep Guardiola's side allowed Wolverhampton to stage a comeback and ultimately win. Yes, it is still only December. But Leicester are 13 points back and Man City 14. Meanwhile, Liverpool still have a game in hand.

Unlike the fading City (it is already known that experienced leaders David Silva and Fernandinho will leave the club in the summer), Liverpool now look like a fresh team that feels extremely light and confident.

Since March, Liverpool have dropped points in the league only once, drawing with Manchester United in October. The Merseyside club last lost in the Premier League almost a year ago, on 3 January, and their unbeaten run now stands at 35 matches. The pace they have set is so impressive that England is already widely talking about repeating Arsenal's legendary feat of going unbeaten through the entire 2003/04 season.

Yes, more than half the season is still to come, but motivation at Liverpool is sky-high. After their Champions League triumph, the Reds could not only bring the long-awaited league title back to Anfield, but in some ways even surpass Arsène Wenger's Invincibles. Arsenal won the trophy with 12 draws, while Liverpool are churning out win after win.

Another argument that it is not too early to talk about such achievements, and in fact the right time to do so, is how Liverpool actually play. In terms of football quality, cohesion and efficiency, they are probably the best in Europe right now.

Arsène Wenger, whose record is under threat, last week praised Klopp for uniting the team with the city and, among other things, noted how successfully the German coach had assembled the squad. Besides a clear and effective style of play, Liverpool have assembled a very strong collective. A core of 12-13 players is brilliantly coordinated, and there is also a decent bench of players whom Klopp manages to keep sharp through rotation.

There is no point listing all of Liverpool's stars, because almost the entire squad fits that description. Not long ago, thanks to incredible goalscoring, Mohamed Salah was unquestionably named the best. Then attention shifted to Virgil van Dijk, who competed with Lionel Messi for the Ballon d'Or. And this season everyone is talking only about the brilliant Sadio Mané and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

They may not go the whole way unbeaten, since injuries or referees with whistles could still disrupt them somewhere, but the championship title can already be handed to them. Klopp's team deserved it last year too, but City were just a little luckier then. Now it is their turn.

It is a good time to be a Liverpool fan.