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Curtis Davies has only just got his breath back - after a chasing by Jurgen Klopp’s relentless Reds which he believes is more damaging than anything Liverpool's title rivals like Arsenal can produce!

The Hull captain found himself chasing shadows at Anfield on Saturday - and he was enormously impressed by what he witnessed.

He said: “They didn’t give us a chance to breathe.

“Arsenal are a very good passing team, but a lot of their stuff is in front of you.

“Nice little passes. Liverpool have that mix of nice little passes and then people who will run and run at you and beat you as well like Mane and Coutinho.”

Davies was also impressed by Liverpool’s ruthlessness.

Leading 3-0 after 36 minutes, against 10-men, they refused to take their foot off the pedal.

He added: “Last week against Arsenal, we had 10 men but it was a different performance.

“We were good. We kept hold of the ball but Liverpool, with their pressing game, they weren’t going to be satisfied with 3-0. They wanted 6, 7, 8. That is the difference. Arsenal were like, ‘We will sit, we will let them have the ball and then we will have it for another five minutes’.

“But Liverpool didn’t give you a chance to breathe to be honest.

“It is hard to lay a glove on anyone. When there is so much inter-changing you cannot put your mark on one person. It is tough to make a tackle. One second Mane will be in that hole, then Lallana and then Coutinho.

“There is a lot of interchange, quick football and with the full backs playing like wingers it becomes very difficult because you end up with backs against the wall.

“They play with Henderson and the two centre-halves at the back and the rest can go where-ever they want. That is not an ill-disciplined thing, that is organised.”

“When we went down to 10 men then, if I am being honest, as a Liverpool I would be thinking, ‘We can give them a hiding. Let’s be ruthless.’

“And they were ruthless.”

Swansea City will be the next team to face that intensity on Saturday lunchtime.