LONDON -- Has a team ever been such a deserved Premier League winner-in-waiting yet so obviously in need of a rebuild at same time? This is the curious position Liverpool occupy after Sunday's 3-2 defeat at Fulham, a result which will surely do little to alter the trajectory of this season's title race but still casts fresh doubt over their durability at the top beyond the summer.
Arne Slot's side remain 11 points clear of Arsenal and require that number again from their final seven matches to secure a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title.