Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says Liverpool look like title contenders.

Hodgson's Palace face his former club today.

He said: "It's a big club. It's a long time since I was there.

"The people who employed me weren't the people who took over the club and have carried it forward.

"It was a very different Liverpool that I joined to the one we see today, because the one we see today has had a lot of money invested in it. We didn't have any money to spend. They've spent a few bob over the last couple of years.

"Liverpool have been good for, say, the last two seasons. They're getting better all the time and last season was a marvellous season for them, reaching the Champions League final.

"This year they are looking if anything ready to kick on from that and mount an even stronger challenge in the league."