Has a wonderful title vista drifted in over the Mersey?

No Liverpool fans needs cautioning about unrealistic optimism. Nor should they, after seeing just one title success in the last 34 years. However...

Liverpool's Darwin Nunez attempts a header against Aston Villa. The Uruguayan scored the vital opener.

Premier League: Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 0.

THE clocks have barely changed, rendering all talk of title victories obscenely premature, but there was still something in the Anfield air beyond the last whiffs of fireworks being set off across L4 late on Saturday.