“You need to think up some new questions,” Jurgen Klopp urged a complimentary but, to his ears, unimaginative media audience.

He’s right, but Liverpool keep answering all the fresh ones about their title credentials and it was he who taught the doubters to believe.

Can they assemble a team of Premier League challengers? Evidently, yes.

Can they keep the pace with Manchester City? It appears so.

Can they eradicate stupid defensive and goalkeeping mistakes? They are breaking club records at the back.

Can they handle being frontrunners? It’s been four games since they went top, since when they have opened their stride rather than broken it.

Even claims they are not playing to their peak sound hollow now. In truth, it’s been a bit of a myth since day one. There has been excellence throughout their 20 Premier League fixtures, it’s just the defence has sometimes shone more than the front three. Now Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane are a yard quicker, too. Liverpool have scored two more now than at this stage of last season. Imagine what they will be like when they start gelling.