Hull City manager Steve Bruce believes retaining the services of Luis Suarez is the crowning achievement of Brendan Rodgers' time at Liverpool.
Bruce will become the latest Barclays Premier League boss to try to shackle the free-scoring Uruguayan on Sunday, a task few have successfully tackled.
Suarez scored 23 times in the league last season and has added nine more in just seven appearances this term, helping the Reds to second in the table as a result.
But it would all have been very different had he forced through a transfer in the summer, with Arsenal his most public suitors.
Rodgers addressed the issue calmly, though, urging fans not to turn on the player while firmly rebuffing all interest in Suarez - even when the Gunners thought they had triggered a release fee of one pound over GBP40million.
That policy is reaping its rewards now and Bruce has praised his opposite number's stance.
"I think that was his biggest achievement so far, turning that situation around because it must have been difficult at times," said the Tigers boss.
"I think they were adamant that they were holding on to their best player and any club, if they've got aspirations to go and compete at the top level and win the league, have to keep hold of their best players.
"Certainly Suarez is that for Liverpool.
"He has proved year in, year out that he's as good a player as there is in the Premier League."
On paper Liverpool have the most dangerous front line in the business, with Suarez and strike partner Daniel Sturridge each scoring nine times this season.
Their combined tally is three more than Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Negredo of Manchester City and five better than Manchester United's Wayne Rooney-Robin van Persie axis.
And Bruce does not think they are flattered by the statistics.
"The front two are exceptionally good, as good as you will face," he said.
"They've always had top midfield players, Gerrard particularly, but the front two have given them that cutting edge.
"They're starting to move in the right direction which is great for Liverpool because for too long they haven't been competing at the top end.
"Whether they can sustain it is a question everyone will ask but if you look at the way they play, especially with the front players, they've got as good a chance as anybody.
"We'll have to defend well to get anything from them."
