Premier League mid-season report, part two - Liverpool to Wolves

Liverpool – A

Liverpool have improved majorly from last season's disappointing campaign but questions still remain over Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Nine points better off than this stage last season, Liverpool have successfully rebuilt an ailing midfield and look more than likely to reclaim a top four place and with it, Champions League football, having missed out last season.

Whether they can realistically aim higher remains to be seen and is very much dependent on their misfiring forward line click into high gear again.

Darwin Nunez has yet to live up to his promise and continues to be wasteful in front of goal, Luis Diaz is hot and cold, Diego Jota is absent through injury and the Reds becoming even more reliant on Mohamed Salah – which opposition teams have figured out.

It’s become an increasingly familiar sight to see teams double up on Salah, keep him quiet and then watch his fellow attackers struggle to make an impact. It’s a problem that Klopp needs to solve, be that through tactics or transfers, if his side are to kick on again.

Luton Town - D

A side that few expected to be promoted last season and even fewer believed would avoid relegation are going the way the form books predicted but while they’re likely to be playing in the Championship next season, they’re enjoying Premier League life while it lasts.

A 1-1 draw with Liverpool that could have so easily been a famous victory but for a late Luiz Dias leveller in injury-time and an even later goal from Declan Rice to deny the Hatters a 3-3 draw against Arsenal are the highlights so far, but while the games were memorable ones, they point to Luton’s biggest problem – seeing out results.

Dropping eight points from winning positions might not seem like much but when you