Former Chelsea star Joe Cole has praised Liverpool after their 4-1 victory over Brentford at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, February 17.
Despite losing Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota to injuries in the first half, the Reds secured their second consecutive league win. Darwin Núñez, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, and Cody Gakpo found the net for Liverpool, while Ivan Toney scored for Brentford.
Speaking to TNT Sports (via EuroSport), Cole shared his thoughts on Jürgen Klopp’s team:
“Liverpool have got an outstanding squad. When the new players like Mac Allister, Nunez, Gakpo start to settle and pick up a bit of form, and you add to that the top players that they’ve already got [and the] winning mentality, manager and fans, it was looking ominous.”
He continued:
“They’re sticking in it; they’re five points clear. Playing and winning early on a Saturday is a fantastic feeling because you know you can sit back and it’s on to Man City and Arsenal and what they can do.
Can they match us? You put it on them. This Liverpool team, to be fighting on four fronts. A little bit of bad news, the injuries today, but this is the emergence of a fabulous team.”
Liverpool maintains their lead at the top of the league table with 57 points from 25 games, sitting two points ahead of second-placed Arsenal.
