Vincent Kompany has played against some of Liverpool’s best sides and watched his Burnley team lose 2-0 to the Reds
After defeating Jurgen Klopp’s Burnley side, Vincent Kompany believes Liverpool are returning to their title-winning form.
Darwin Nunez and substitute Diogo Jota scored at either end of the game to give the Reds a 2-0 win at Turf Moor on Tuesday evening.
The win propelled Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League table, with Arsenal not playing until Thursday night against West Ham United.
Kompany was a member of the Manchester City team that fought the Reds for numerous years in historic title clashes.
When questioned about Klopp’s team, Burnley manager Sean Dyche remarked, “It’s a top team, there’s no doubt about it.”
You play against the top teams, and it’s clear, especially in this league, that each great team has a distinct style, a different ideology behind it, and various strengths.
“Liverpool’s strengths differ from those of Tottenham, Arsenal, and City.” To be the best in the Premier League, you must have the best players.
“Funny thing, I was kind of thinking when I played against probably one of the greatest sides they’ve had in recent history and, look, the quality only future will tell but in terms of intensity they are getting back to the levels I know when I faced against them as a player.”
Liverpool had two goals controversially disallowed, giving Burnley hope until Jota’s late score.
And Kompany said: “We played against a top side, I don’t think the scenario of the game was too bad in terms of being in the game, and then having a late push to get a result. We had our moments, we can’t prevent them from having a moment because they are a top side, but we had our moments as well.
“The team fights, the team is alive, the team is entertaining, it just lacks that little bit of final touch at the moment to reward ourselves. I keep saying I see them working every single day and I have no doubt they will make that step.”
Kompany added: “It was a game where if you look at how dominant Liverpool were in the first half it’ll tell you one side of the half but I felt we had big, big transition opportunities.
“I felt that there in the first half. But we weren’t as solid as we needed to be to benefit from that. The second half we were a little bit more solid and had more moments because of it and looked more dangerous.”
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