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Given their tendency to smash goal-scoring records in an unprecedented campaign, it is little surprise that the focus on Liverpool this season has been on their attack.

The comeback win in Villarreal set a new all time club high mark of goals scored in a single campaign, with 139 in 57 matches across all competitions in 2021-22, which given their rich history is truly remarkable. Yet for many, it is their defensive resilience which has underpinned the Reds’ historic quadruple campaign.

In the Premier League, Alisson can still set a new record for clean sheets in the competition, with shut outs in their remaining games. And with 31 clean sheets in all competitions, they can beat the all time club record of 34 in a single season, which has been done on four previous occasions.

Alisson is of course a huge part of that, but as Spurs visit Anfield on Saturday evening, with their formidable strike force of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min threatening to derail Liverpool’s title express, it is Virgil van Dijk who will take centre stage… for good reason.

A year ago, he had just announced that he wouldn’t play in the Euros for his nation Holland, such was the severity of a cruciate