Liverpool manager Arne Slot is not getting carried away with his side topping the English Premier League table after their victory over Wolves - their fourth win in all competitions in less than two weeks.
Slot's side have 15 points from six league games, one point more than reigning champions Manchester City and last season's runners-up Arsenal.
City were held 1-1 at Newcastle as they dropped points for the second week in a row, while the Gunners needed two stoppage-time goals to beat Leicester 4-2.
Saturday's 2-1 victory was the latest in a string of solid results for Liverpool, who defeated AC Milan 3-1 in the Champions League, beat Bournemouth 3-0 in the league and then crushed West Ham 5-1 in a League Cup third-round tie.
However, Slot insisted it did not mean Liverpool were definitely title challengers.
"I always try to be realistic and Jurgen's work has been incredible, everybody knows this," the Dutchman said of former manager Jurgen Klopp, who stepped down after last season.
"Two years ago was the last time they played in the Champions League and they finished fifth. Now we have to prove that we can compete in the Champions League and the Premier League.
"After 19 games, it'll tell me something but not after six."
Ibrahima Konate scored his first-ever Premier League goal at Molineux while Mohamed Salah converted a penalty. Wolves had equalized through Rayan Ait-Nouri after sloppy defending from Konate.
The French center-back teased midfielder Ryan Gravenberch after the game that he deserved to be named man of the match and not the Dutchman, who was presented with the award.
However, Slot was not laughing.
"Konate? Then maybe he forgot the moment we conceded a goal," the manager said.
"That was the reason we conceded as he wasn't there and it was avoidable.
"By conceding this way, they came back into the game. The good thing for us is we immediately scored to make it 2-1. With only one goal making the difference, it makes it a difficult game until the end."
Liverpool host Bologna in a Champions League match this week.
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Mohamed Salah is tackled by Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes at Molineux. AFP
