Liverpool may have suffered only one setback in their Premier League title bid this season, but former Reds boss Gerard Houllier has warned that “a big team doesn’t lose twice in a row”.
The Reds saw the lofty standards they have set throughout 2019-20 slip a little when taking in a trip to Watford on Saturday.
Having gone 44 games unbeaten, and with a record-breaking 19th successive win in their sights, Jurgen Klopp’s men stumbled their way to a 3-0 defeat at Vicarage Road.
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That result is likely to count for little in the grand scheme of things, with Liverpool still 22 points clear and only four wins from a first title triumph in 30 years.