Graeme Souness compares Liverpool to Lionel Messi and Barcelona

Former Liverpool manager Graeme Souness has compared his former side to Barcelona and added that whatever team finishes ahead of Liverpool will win the league.

Liverpool extended their winning streak to five games start the season following a 2-1 win over Tottenham at Wembley. The Reds have yet to win the Premier League but Souness feels that this is the best Liverpool team since they won the old first division in 1990.

"This is the best Liverpool team since they won the league,” he said on Sky Sports. “I think they’ve got a great chance to win the league. City are fabulous, they’ve got equally fabulous players, and I think it’ll be nip and tuck all the way through if that’s the intensity Liverpool can play with.”

Souness also compared Liverpool to the classic Barcelona teams and stressed that they must maintain their intensity if they are to launch a challenge on the league.

“You go back to Barcelona at their very best, you enjoyed their passing and moving football with their magicians like Messi and Iniesta — but it was easy to overlook their work rate,” he added. “It’s the same with this Liverpool team. If they can keep this intensity going, whoever finishes in front of them this season will win the league.”