
Let’s also not forget that the gap between Liverpool and City, as it were, was a single goal scored with 12 minutes left in the season, and that the chasing pack were all 20 plus points behind. Despite the significant loss of my favourite player of the modern era in Mané, the additions of Darwin Nuñez and Fabio Carvalho alongside the continued integration of Luis Díaz and development and availability of Harvey Elliott arguably gives us a stronger squad than last year’s historically phenomenal one. In the first part of TLO’s season preview, our writers try to answer whether Liverpool done enough to stay ahead of the chasing pack and maybe even close the gap on Manchester City in 2022-23. Meanwhile, their Premier League rivals have spent big in an effort to catch up. Liverpool have established themselves as one of Europe and England’s top sides under Jürgen Klopp, but the departure of Sadio Mané and the need to overhaul an aging core have seen them make significant changes over the past year.
