Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers are getting plenty of kudos for the way in which they have slalomed their way to the top of the Premier League in swashbuckling style.
But the club and manager should also get plenty of credit for the way in which key players have improved this season.
The stats from Squawka show just how drastic some of those players have risen to the task this term...
Raheem Sterling
The youngster recently spoke about the way in which he is shedding his bad boy image. Now he does his talking on the pitch and aside from an upturn in goal threat, other statistical markers show his upturn in fortunes.
His shot accuracy has risen dramatically from 43 per cent of attempts on target last season to an impressive 65 per cent this campaign.
With six games still to go, the 19-year-old has also pretty much equaled his chance creation total from last season.
In keeping with Liverpool's change to a more direct style this season, Sterling has obliged by increasing his rate of forward passes by 8 per cent which has not resulted in a dramatic fall in pass accuracy (down just 4 per cent).
Liverpool's Raheem Sterling at Dublin Airport ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
Jordan Henderson
The former Sunderland midfielder's rise to prominence at Anfield has been the most storied. Fighting back from almost being carted off to Fulham, Henderson seems suited to the new high energy style of play introduced by Rodgers. And the statistics bear that out.
His chance creation rate has dramatically improved. After 30 games last season, he had created just 33 chances for his team-mates. After 30 games of the 2013/14 season that stood at 54 and he has added four more chances since game 30 at the end of March.
In addition his tackles per game have doubled in the space of 12 months as he revels in the high pressing tactics which suit his energetic way of playing the game.
Joe Allen
The Welshman fell out of favour after a poor 2012/13 but has been increasingly prominent when Rodgers has switched to a 4-3-3 this season.
With Liverpool changing to a new style which would not have suited Allen, he has had to adapt his game. While his pass completion has dropped from its usual lofty 90-something per cent height, he has been more combative, winning a far greater percentage of his one-on-one duels than he achieved last season.
In 2012/13 his success rate in tackle duels was as low as 41 per cent but now that stands at 55 per cent.
He is also far more likely to have a pop at goal. Last season he did not manage a single shot on target with just four attempts. This season he has more than double that tally with an accuracy of 44 per cent.
Joe Allen ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
