Are Liverpool now Champions League favourites?

Six wins retired of six, apical of the league, and "one of the world's champion keepers" returning to the starting XI - are Liverpool favourites to triumph the Champions League?

Arne Slot's broadside person made a imagination commencement successful Europe this play and, after beating Girona connected Tuesday night, person each but skipped the play-off circular and secured a spot successful the Champions League past 16.

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand thinks Liverpool person "ridiculous" momentum and "form-wise person to be" front-runners.

Speaking to TNT Sports, Ferdinand said the Reds "have each the make-up to beryllium precise successful" but did pass things tin beryllium "very antithetic travel April".

Liverpool are starring the Champions League array aft six games and are 4 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League with a crippled successful hand.

It was not expected to beryllium this easy.

Back successful September, earlier the archetypal lucifer of the league phase, Opta gave Liverpool a 4.6 percent chance of winning the Champions League.

Six teams were fixed a higher percentage, including Manchester City (24.9 percent) and Arsenal (6.3 percent).

But Liverpool person since gone connected a phenomenal tally successful the competition.

Slot, tasked with replacing legendary Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp, looks close astatine location astatine Anfield.

Indeed, the Dutchman is the lone manager to triumph each of his archetypal six Champions League matches with an English club. The erstwhile Feyenoord manager has masterminded:

Understandably, the percentages person since changed.

Before this week's circular of fixtures, the Reds' chances of winning the tourney had changeable up to 20.7 percent,, external making them favourites.

Opta besides gave them a 51.3 percent accidental of making it to the semi-finals.

On Tuesday, Liverpool were boosted instrumentality of Alisson, who Slot called "the champion goalkeeper successful the world" aft the game.

The Brazilian, who made a fistful of good saves successful Spain, had not played since pulling his hamstring successful a triumph astatine Crystal Palace connected 5 October.

Stand-in stopper Caoimhin Kelleher mostly impressed erstwhile helium deputised, though was astatine responsibility for Newcastle's precocious equaliser successful a 3-3 gully past Wednesday.

Liverpool tin besides trust connected guardant Mohamed Salah who is propelling the Reds to victories this season.

He has the joint-most goals and assists successful Europe's apical 5 leagues this play (level with Eintracht Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush with 28).

The 32-year-old, whose declaration expires this summer, is presently red-hot successful beforehand of goal.

After scoring a punishment against Girona connected Tuesday, the Egypt guardant has 13 goals successful 16 games successful each competitions, and 7 successful his past six.

So, with a firing forward, a returning stone astatine the back, and a manager making a fairytale commencement - are Liverpool your Champions League favourites?