Liverpool have a fever, and the only prescription is more trophies.
Since June, the team has won the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. No English club has ever done that before. Only one English club (Manchester City, twice) has ever won more points than Liverpool claimed last season, and no club has ever had a better start-of-the-season record than Liverpool's current 17-game mark. They've drawn once and have taken three points from all the other matches. Despite a game in hand, they've got a 10-point lead on second-place Leicester City and an 11-point lead over two-time defending champs Manchester City.