What a difference a year makes. After 11 games this season Liverpool and Chelsea sit proudly in the top two places of the Premier League table, are rampant in attack and look like serious challengers for the title.
It was not like this 12 months ago. Jurgen Klopp was picking up the pieces of Brendan Rodgers' Anfield regime; Chelsea's implosion under Jose Mourinho was gathering force. The two sides met in their 11th games of the season, and the howls of frustration hit higher notes at Stamford bridge as Phillippe Coutinho inspired a 3-1 win for the visitors.