A trend is emerging. It is a counter-narrative to the tired line that Liverpool, the inconsistent club, faced another acid test against a bottom-half team that was prepared to pack it in and maybe nick a point. Another step taken makes the Burnley result look increasingly like an anomaly.
Liverpool battered Hull City 5-1 at Anfield.
This side is hurling the inconsistency tag aside and raining goals down on their opponents. A confidence and belief is growing on Merseyside and for good reason.
Having already taken seven points when visiting big London rivals, the Reds have had trouble dismissing weaker opponents at home in recent times. Yet this side is decidedly different.
Ascendancy is the trend. Emphatic answers to old questions and asking a few of their own is the trend. Smashing results is the trend.
Liverpool took the game from the start, jumping directly on the Tigers and punishing them with a ruthlessness that is quickly becoming the norm.
When this side is on, regardless of who is in the starting eleven, they overwhelm the opposition with pace, power, intelligence, graft, and sheer audacity. These are the new redline Reds, a squad that is beginning to believe and inspire belief in its supporters.
On a match day that saw a number of hammerings, no club proves more exciting to watch than Liverpool and the league is now on notice.
Here are four findings from the match.
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