London: Liverpool have found their identity under manager Juergen Klopp, who has transformed the Merseyside club into genuine Premier League title contenders this season, former Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has said.
Liverpool have won nine of their 12 games in all competitions this season and are third in the league behind leaders Manchester City only on goal difference.

“He has done a really good job and revived Liverpool’s enthusiasm,” Ferguson, who won the league 13 times, said. “It can happen that big clubs lose it. For two decades, Liverpool changed managers without building their own identity.

“You can now well and truly sense that you have to count them in this year. You can see Klopp's dedication on the sideline, I'm convinced his work in training is similar. He's a strong personality. That's absolutely vital at a big club.
“I’m worried about him because the one thing United don't want is Liverpool to get above us.” Liverpool face Crystal Palace (11th) at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Ferguson feels despite battering United into submission, Chelsea are not title contenders. 

He believes there are five 'potential candidates' to win the league this season, but did not name Antonio Conte's men in the the quintuple of clubs.

The wily Scotsman did concede that Manchester City are favourites for the title, but said the Red Devils are certainly in the reckoning if they gain some consistency.

"I think there are five potential candidates," he said. "Manchester City as favourites, Tottenham and Liverpool, but also United are still there if we get some consistency soon,"' Ferguson said.. "Even when you are trailing by six, eight points, it's still possible to catch one or two teams.

(Reuters)