Rafa Benitez insists Jurgen Klopp has assembled Liverpool 's best squad ever.

The former Liverpool boss reckons it is a two-horse race to the title, and the Anfield outfit has never has such strength in depth.

Benitez won the Champions' League when Liverpool boss and is still a hero in the city.

He said: "What I think is they have the best squad. When you spend money you bring in better players so when they sign Fabinho and Keita, spending some money, and they keep Henderson and Wijnaldum, you keep the good players and bring in good players and the squad is better.

"That means different competition, different games and still you have a strong team on the pitch.

"Best team? It is difficult to say a team because always on my mind when we beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, there was a great team."

"That means different competition, different games and still you have a strong team on the pitch.

"Best team? It is difficult to say a team because always on my mind when we beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, there was a great team."

And he has praise for star striker Mo Salah saying: "In every game, he is doing really well. He has the pace, the vision, the ability. He is clinical in front of of goal and he has a lot of things.

"But it is not just him, they have a very good team and a very good squad so you can change players and still have a very good 11.

"When I was there we had to sell to buy and now they are bringing in players who were good and now they are even better.

"He is doing so well and the team is helping him to do well every week, football is about consistency and quality and at the moment he has everything."

Benitez says he has a game plan to derail Liverpool.

He added: "I would like to go there, enjoy it and come back with three points and wish them all the best for the rest of the season.

"We have a plan to beat them and if we do well and they make mistakes we can do it. With these top sides you have to do everything right and they have to have a bad day and then you have a chance."