Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes
Liverpool possess "everything they need" to claim the Premier
League title this season.
Rafael Benitez's Reds sit second in league, level on
points with leaders
Manchester United but behind on goal difference having
also played one game more.
While firmly in the title race, Liverpool have been guilty of
squandering points at home to less-fancied opposition this season,
but Mourinho, now the boss of Inter Milan, believes they can keep
their championship challenge on track.
"It has been interesting watching Liverpool this season,"
Mourinho wrote in the Sunday Telegraph. "I think they have
everything they need to win the title.
"I still can't understand why they didn't do it in the last four
years. Why wouldn't they be able to do it this season? Of course
they can.
"The manager is good, the players are good, the crowd is unique,
the tradition of the club is big, so why can't they do it? I think
they can."
Mourinho warned, however, that the resumption of the Champions
League at the end of next month could again be a distraction for
the Anfield club.
"Usually it is when the Champions League starts that they lose
their focus on the Premiership," he continued. "It was like this in
previous years when they did very well in the Champions League but
they lost too many points in the championship.
"They have already lost 10 points at home by drawing the kind of
matches they used to win. Against Stoke, Fulham, West Ham, Hull and
Everton it has been two points lost. So if you can imagine that
they had those 10 points now, they would be top of the league."
