{"id":1133671,"date":"2020-02-26T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T09:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1133671"},"modified":"2020-02-26T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T09:56:59","slug":"thierry-henry-even-watching-liverpool-makes-me-tired","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/thierry-henry-even-watching-liverpool-makes-me-tired\/","title":{"rendered":"Thierry Henry: ‘Even watching Liverpool makes me tired’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal’s all-time top-scorer, Thierry Henry, confessed that watching Liverpool wears him out while discussing the current intensity in England’s top division.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jurgen Klopp’s men are running away with this season’s Premier League title, having won 26 of their opening 27 matches and drawing the other away to rivals Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Five things to know about Liverpool’s record-breaking form\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Liverpool are 22 points clear at the top of the table and need just four more wins to clinch their first domestic title since 1990<\/li>\n
  • The earliest-ever Premier League title win is April 21 (Man Utd, 2001) and Liverpool have at least six top-flight fixtures before that date passes.<\/li>\n
  • At one point Liverpool held a 25-point lead, the biggest ever in English top-flight history.<\/li>\n
  • Jurgen Klopp’s men equalled Man City’s record of 18 consecutive Premier League wins by beating West Ham on Monday evening.<\/li>\n
  • They could finish the current campaign with a maximum\u00a0112 points, which would be the best three-point-season record of any division in English football history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    The Reds recently survived a scare at home going 2-1 down to West Ham and are on course to follow Preston North End (1888\/89) and Arsenal (2003\/04) in completing an entire English top-flight season without a single loss.<\/p>\n

    One cornerstone of their success has been Klopp’s implementation of his fast-paced counter-pressing style, which brought him incredible success at Borussia Dortmund. Most notably, the BVB won back-to-back Bundesliga titles under Klopp and reached a Champions League final.<\/p>\n

    It goes without saying Liverpool are playing at a level of fitness very few teams are able to live with. Klopp’s concerted coaching efforts in achieving this are no secret. As former Reds midfielder Emre Can revealed in 2016: “I remember [Klopp] saying in pre-season that the target was to be the fittest team in the league.”<\/p>\n

    Elsewhere, following a 3-1 defeat that got him sacked as Manchester United manager in 2017, Jose Mourinho observed: “They play 200 miles per hour with and without the ball. I am still tired just looking at [Andy] Robertson. He makes 100-metre sprints every minute, absolutely incredible.”<\/p>\n