Despite playing two fewer games than Manchester United, the Reds trail that team by four points.
With a 1-0 victory over Fulham, Liverpool increased the pressure on Manchester United and moved up to fourth place, four points behind them. Mohamed Salah's winning goal brought him even closer to a Steven Gerrard record.
For the first time since April of last year, the fifth straight Premier League victory was achieved without any of the excitement or histrionics of Sunday's 4-3 victory against Tottenham.
In addition to moving up to 185 goals for the club, one behind Steven Gerrard, Salah's 39th-minute penalty put him at 136 goals overall and seventh on the team's all-time league scoring chart.
Following a Football Association misconduct charge for remarks about Sunday's referee Paul Tierney, manager Jurgen Klopp's conduct in the technical area was the epitome of exemplary.
He has until Friday to reply to the allegations, and given that he has already served a one-match suspension this season, he may have been trying to get the most out of his time on the sidelines.
In his program notes, Klopp noted that they had some issues after jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead against Tottenham, a game they went on to win with a goal in stoppage time.
Trent Alexander-Arnold alone had three efforts on goal in the first 10 minutes, and even though they started off looking like they may repeat that, they missed some of the crispness they had displayed at the weekend.
Additionally, Fulham was better organized than their fellow Londoners, which reduced opportunities to, at most, a 50/50 chance.
Alexander-Arnold moved towards midfield to take use of his advanced position and get closer to his opponent's goal, however, unusually for him, he missed his target on two of his shots and fired another harmlessly at Bernd Leno.
Although he managed to get past a few defenders near the byline and Salah's cross narrowly missed Darwin Nunez from eight yards out, Luis Diaz also saw one of his shots deflected wide.
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