Jurgen Klopp has highlighted the “dumbest thing” Liverpool could now do after suffering a Premier League title setback.
But the Reds boss admits his team cannot afford many more repeats of the performance that allowed Manchester United off the hook at Old Trafford.
Mohamed Salah’s 84th-minute penalty earned the visitors a 2-2 draw on Sunday after Luis Diaz’s first-half strike was wiped out by Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo.
Liverpoolare now level on points with new leaders Arsenal with champions Manchester City a point adrift. And when asked about the importance of being top at this stage of the season, Klopp warned against the Reds chasing down their inferior goal difference to the Gunners.
“(Being top) matters after 38 matchday days, a lot,” said the Liverpool boss. “People and our supporters as well will tell us now we need to better our goal difference and go for that, but that would be the dumbest thing we could do. That doesn’t happen on purpose, you don’t go into a game wanting to score eight goals and it happens.
“We are who we are and we are how we are and that’s why we are in the race. I’m absolutely fine with that.
“I knew it would be super tricky until the end. We were until yesterday whichever time we were top, now it’s Arsenal and I don’t know when then it maybe somebody else. We want to be there after the last matchday. It’s obviously better to be there the whole time and get distance between you and the others.
“We are fine with our situation. I wish we had more points but I’m absolutely fine and over the moon actually that these boys brought us into that situation. The same boys who missed today a few chances are the boys who brought us 71 points.”
