Exclusive: Liverpool Legend Rush Confident Reds Can End Five-Year Wait For Premier League Crown

Liverpool legend Ian Rush believes this season might just be the best chance his former club have of winning the Premier League.

The Reds last won the Premier League in 2019-20 season under former manager Jurgen Klopp.

But it’s been a case of frustration in the past four season with the ambitious Anfield outfit having finished third, second, fifth and third respectively.

However, this season the Merseyside club are flying under new manager Arne Slot’s guidance and sitting pretty at the Premier League summit, four points ahead of second-placed Chelsea and with a game in hands on the Blues.

Rush has been delighted with the impact Dutchman Slot has made in such a small space of time, with the club having also all FIVE of their Champions League qualifying group matches, leaving them within touching distance of qualifying for the knockout stages as they battle for honours on duel fronts.

“Arne Slot has been fantastic, he’s made a brilliant start,” Rush told SportsBoom.com. 

“I was on pre-season tour with him and it went well there, he’s had a great impact."

“The Premier League is obviously a lot harder, but he’s done an unbelievable job so far."

“He’s only lost one league match so far, which is a great record considering he only took over this summer."

“There’s still a long way to go and some big games coming up, but the club is in a great position."

“And some of those big games are at Anfield, so that does help."

“They’re really heading in the right direction.”

Liverpool started the season with three impressive wins in a row in which they didn’t concede a goal.

A surprise 1-0 home loss to Nottingham Forest followed, but since that defeat Slot’s driven side have taken the division by storm, with defending champions Manchester City have struggled for form and slipped down the standings.

NEVER WRITE MAN CITY OFF

But Rush warned that Liverpool and Slot should right City off at their peril given their incredible track record for success, especially having won Premier League titles in a row coming into this season.

“Manchester City might have lost some games, but I’d never write City off,” stressed Rush.

“Liverpool beat them, but City always come good in January, always."

“January, for me, is the most important part of the season."

“There’s no internationals now until March, so I think from a club managers point of view they’d like that."

“The time we did lose to Nottingham Forest, well that was just after then international break."

“We also struggled against Southampton after the international break. We won, but we didn’t play well."

“But the sign of a good team is when you don’t play well and you still win – and that’s what Liverpool have done at stages this season."

UNBEATEN IN 17

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 17 games in all competitions and unsurprisingly playing with bags of confidence.

Fifteen of those fixtures have been victories, with two draws to complete what has, so far, been an outstanding start to the season, and that’s without Slot having bolstered his squad with any new signings.

Rush added: “It’s great isn’t it? It was always going to be difficult taking over from Jurgen Klopp, but he’s inherited a great squad.

“The fans are singing his name now, which much be a really special feeling!”