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AT THE moment Liverpool are the best team in the Premier League and that includes a Chelsea team that hammered Arsenal 6-0.

Over the last six games, the Reds have been in scintillating form.

They weren’t at their best to beat Cardiff City but when you score six goals away from home then it is happy days.

In pictures: Liverpool v Cardiff

Some may worry about conceding three goals but that really just doesn’t matter.

In the last couple of games we have kept clean sheets and you just have to take each game on its merit.

If it was the start of the season then I would certainly say the sloppy goals conceded are a worry.

But this is such a pivotal phase of the season that winning is the sole focus.

How you win them and how many goals you concede are not important just getting three points is.

However, what was most pleasing from yesterday is the mental attitude of the players to come from behind to turn the game around.

When top four teams get their noses in front against sides who are battling away towards the bottom of the table then their class will always prevail.

That’s exactly how it played out in the Welsh capital as at 3-2 the Reds were away.

The Premier League in recent seasons has had a history of seeing that type of result despite the lesser teams taking the lead.

But the defensive problems will need to be rectified for the visits of Manchester City and Chelsea in April.

Neither side concede many goals as everybody knows and Chelsea arguably base much of their success on their defensive stability.

Those games could be the problem.

But when you have got the SAS at your disposal then Liverpool will always have a chance.

When the team was heading out yesterday players would have turned to see Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez and the team just know they are going to score goals.

If Liverpool go behind like they did at Cardiff then they have the confidence to know they will score and that gives them a massive boost.

That pairing terrorises teams before they even come up against them because sides are automatically on the back foot.

But the question is now how could Suarez not be player of the season?

After his troubles last season and having missed the first six games of the season I bet there were plenty waiting for him to blow up and lose the plot again but he has been nothing short of absolutely brilliant.

As Liverpool get nearer to the finishing line, the lower teams will just sit four at the back and five in midfield.

That will be a problem and Liverpool will have that to deal with. But if Rodgers can keep those two boys then we will have every chance.

FOOTBALL is a funny old game.

In Brendan Rodgers ’ first season in charge Liverpool took four points from the opening six games.

Supporters complained and early doubts surfaced in the stands surrounding his appointment.

But since then, the team has got better, he himself has got better and the club is heading in the right direction under his management.

This week Steven Gerrard called on the owners to extend his contract. And the skipper is right do so.

All of a sudden we are looking toward the summer and we will most definitely be playing Champions League and could even pinch the league title.

The job I wouldn’t say becomes easier but in terms of bringing in players it will be a totally different prospect with the attraction of European football.

The owners know what they have got in Rodgers and I know there was the Roberto Martinez link but he was the sole choice. Rodgers was their man and they have a rosy glow now.

FSG know his contract must be sorted and I think they are just waiting for the season’s end before tying that up.

There is no problem waiting to extend his deal because he loves it and the fans love him.

WHAT a great move from the club to award Jon Flanagan a new contract in the summer.

This has been a season of bonuses for Brendan Rodgers and the young defender can certainly be counted among them.

Outsiders may think he burst on to the scene this campaign but it was actually Kenny Dalglish who gave him his debut in a 3-0 win over Manchester City in 2011.

In that game he displayed the temperament and professionalism that has featured prominently this season.

And just take last Sunday as an example.

He was chipper, got stuck in and had this look about him as if to say ‘come on then what have you got’.

Everything about him is superb.

The knee injury – which kept him out of action for most of last season – was a big test for him and it seemed a classic case of a young promising player coming to the fore before levelling out.

But his reaction from that setback to get back in to the team shows he has had to slog.

The new deal is a reward for that attitude and it’s a real credit to both the player and his dad John who has kept him on the straight and narrow.

Now the days of getting five or six local lads in the team may have gone.

But for the Liverpool youngsters currently on the books at the club, Flanagan is a great example to follow.

They can see his success and think if he can do it then I can.

THE good news this season continues with the announcement of cut-price season tickets for young Liverpool supporters.

And it is the way it should be.

It’s amazing when thinking back to the situation last summer with Luis Suarez and the worries about where the club would finish this season to see all this good news.

But allowing the next generation to see their heroes in action is pivotal.