Liverpool are top, cue the knee jerk reactions

With 3 wins out of 3, Liverpool proudly sit top of the Barclays Premier League, cue the knee jerk reactions.

A top 4 challenge was a must this season and after spending wisely (Moses, Sakho and Ilori included), there was cautious optimism in the air for the Stoke game.

The Redmen scraped through thanks to a superb strike by Daniel Sturridge. One major talking point after that game was the steely, gritty attribute added to the Liverpool groove.

A tricky away game against the resurgent Aston Villa followed. Same result, same performance, same goalscorer, same reaction. Two wins out of two in games Liverpool would’ve drawn in recent campaigns, but there’s something in the air.

A topsy turvy encounter followed against Notts County, a similar performance again with style and substance in the 1st half followed by steel and grit after being reduced to 10 men when the League One side were in cruise control.

Bigger tests were on the horizon and they don’t come much bigger than the defending champions at home. Another first half goal from Daniel Sturridge, another backs against the walls 2nd half, another 3 points, another reason to be optimistic.

During the last season, pundits and rival fans questioned whether Liverpool had the steel to add to their style. Three 1-0 wins this season and those doubts have been dispensed, temporarily.

To be realistic, honest and somewhat depressive, Liverpool won’t be at the top for too long and at a time when social media is dominated by knee jerk reactions, Brendan Rodgers has done the right thing to calm any talk of a title push.

In all fairness, there shouldn’t be any title talk. We finished 7th last year, the aim is to challenge for the Champions League in the next 2 years – a few wins shouldn’t change that. We’ve had our ups so far but we will also have our downs, and the longer we feel on cloud nine, the worse those downs will feel.

There are plenty of reasons to be positive though – unbeaten in 12, mostly without the maverick that is Luis Suarez, Lucas is seemingly back to his best, Sturridge is firing and the defence seems settled. The signs are pointing up, up and up for Liverpool, but that’s no reason to cast unrealistic targets on a season that already had so much counting on it.

Spurs have strengthened and are comprehensive favourites to finish 4th, but with Arsenal scared of putting their hands in their pockets, Liverpool have a real chance to capitalise, to get back to a place where they rightfully belong.

It’s 2 weeks until Liverpool next play, so make the most of Liverpool sitting on their ‘perch’, because the chances are, somebody will come knock us off again, but now we are in our best position to fight back.

A new dawn is rising at Anfield, after all, at the end of a storm, there’s a golden sky.