Liverpool have to keep winning before they can be considered a great team, according to Paul Ince.
The former Manchester United man does not see the current Reds side as being on the same level as the teams he played in nor the Manchester City side that recently won back-to-back titles.
Liverpool have dropped just five points all year and are poised to end their three decade wait for a league title.
But Ince, who won two league titles with the Red Devils, still needs to see more from Jurgen Klopp's outfit before he puts them in the elite bracket.
"It is tough to say that [they are among the best] but I think what Liverpool have done has been a great achievement," Ince told Goal.
"I think the quality of the Premier League hasn’t been what it has been [previously].
"Are they a great team? I wouldn’t say they are; you have to win it season after season. I think they have got the talent and the manager to become a great team.
"Great teams keep winning. If they win it this year and next year, then we can start calling it a great team.
"Like that Man City team, that’s a great team. Liverpool have been good in the last two years but they need to keep winning things before we say it is a great team. You go back to other great teams.
"I say Arsenal Invincibles, those Man United teams and Liverpool teams that kept winning things constantly. European Cups in Liverpool’s case. For United, it was doubles, trebles and league titles.
" Chelsea ’s team with Drogba, Terry and Lampard was a great team. Liverpool needs to continue to become a great team."
The Reds claimed last season's Champions League and have lost just two Premier League games in almost two years.
