Yet we can use one game to determine whether Utd have closed the gap on us?
That was a prediction and we'll find out and it was not only one game, but, the players they bought to reinforce their team. Maybe you haven't noticed, but a lot of predictions are done following a transfer window, in fact, most of the predictions done at the start of the season is based on a large part on transfers including managers.
This thread is about comparison of teams and what I am saying is what the former Liverpool team has achieved is well far ahead of the current team. If you want to compare one season, then with such season of the Dalglish or Paisley teams it can be compared, the one that did the double CL PL or the one which won the league repeatedly, you tell me?