LIVERPOOL NEWS is coming thick and fast and Express Sport is on hand with the latest as Danny Higginbotham takes a look at Jurgen Klopp's team selections this season.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has proven the benefit of consistency with his team selections so far this season.
That is the opinion of former Premier League star Danny Higginbotham in the wake of Saturday's 3-0 win over Southampton.
Liverpool are currently sitting pretty at the top of the table having won all six of their top-flight fixtures this season.
And central to their strong performances in the Premier League, as well as Champions League, has been the use of a settled back five.
Alisson has starred in net, while Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson have shone in front of him.
Joel Matip came in for Gomez against Southampton but did the business, helping Liverpool keep a clean sheet and scoring to boot.
Higginbotham, who played for Manchester United, Derby, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland in the Premier League, has now hailed Klopp's team selections.
"After six Premier League matches last season, Liverpool had not played the same back five in any fixture," Higginbotham told The Sun.
"Reds boss Jurgen Klopp had chopped and changed for every game and had used nine different players.
"This season, he has made one change in one Champions League and six league matches — and they have won them all.
"That change was bringing in Joel Matip for Joe Gomez at the weekend as they beat Southampton — Matip even scored.
"Continuity is key and brings understanding. That is more important than what they are doing going forward. Familiarity breeds confidence."
Liverpool face a tricky run of fixtures with games against Chelsea, Napoli and Manchester City to come over the next two weeks.
Klopp is taking it one game at a time rather than weighing up the problem caused by the double-header against the Blues.
"We should completely ignore the game on Saturday," Klopp said ahead of Wednesday night's Carabao Cup showdown with Maurizio Sarri's men.
"It's a complete coincidence we play them again, it's a different competition.
"[The Carabao Cup] is a competition we like. We showed that in my first season.
"It's a difficult draw for both teams. It's not a competition where it only gets less easy in the semi-finals.
"It's a home game, floodlights, it's a very strong [Chelsea] side."
It remains to be seen whether Klopp will stick with his preferred back five against Chelsea.