Last Saturday’s 1-0 win at Brighton and Hove Albion took the Reds to 57 points from 22 Premier League games this season - a figure that has been bettered just twice before at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1992.
The shutout at the Amex Stadium was Jürgen Klopp’s team’s 13th of the domestic campaign, and only once has a Premier League side conceded fewer goals than their record of 10 after 22 matches.
Mohamed Salah’s winner on the south coast represented Liverpool’s 50th top-flight goal of the season, and Milner believes an ability to ally their renowned attacking ruthlessness with defensive solidity has enabled an ongoing and sustained title challenge.