Liverpool’s Victory Summed up with three-word Man Utd ‘saying’

Gary Neville believes “something’s just happening” at Liverpool as it used to at Manchester United.

Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win over Tottenham on Sunday in a game which resulted in 16 sexy Conclusions.

Neville disagreed with Jamie Carragher that this was Liverpool’s most difficult game, instead pointing to the upcoming trips to Southampton, Cardiff and Newcastle.

But the pundit did concede that Liverpool “have that feeling” United used to in their most dominant periods.

“For the first time this season I felt we were on the run-in – you could feel it at the end of the game,” he told Sky Sports.

“The Liverpool crowd went wild and you could see that emotion with Jurgen Klopp celebrating with the Kop. If they win it, it’ll be an incredible place to be. If they don’t win it, it’ll also be incredible in some ways because of the tension, the anxiety, the passion.

“A loss would have been a huge blow – not terminal but a huge blow. A draw wouldn’t have been the worst result in the world because it’s a tough game and they will drop points on the way – there’s no doubt about it.

“I don’t think City will win every game either but if Tottenham had gone on and scored people would have talking about the meltdown, Liverpool blowing it. It was a huge victory.

“They weren’t at their best, Liverpool, and once Tottenham sorted out the tactical side of things in the first half where they just had a problem with the narrow midfield getting out to the full-backs – Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold were running wild down those wings – Tottenham played a good game here and will feel really disappointed.

“We used to have this saying at United: ‘Something’s just happening’. You can’t explain it. Tottenham looked the most dangerous. Liverpool had some threat from set-pieces but not really from open play. But if you can grab those late goals when the other team look most likely to score, you have that feeling. Liverpool haven’t been at their best – they weren’t against Fulham but they have got the result and they’re in a good position.

“There’s a long way to go. For all the passion and emotion shown it’s a time for composure and cool heads because they have six more. Probably one or two they’ll win easily but there’ll be three or four that’ll be like that.

“That’s not the end of it today – it’s just the beginning of the run-in.”

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