Jurgen Klopp has warned that Liverpool will need to be virtually perfect to stay in the Premier League title race this season. Liverpool take on Premier League leaders and title rivals Arsenal at the Emirates this weekend.
The Reds are five points ahead but have played more games than second-placed Manchester City. Third-placed Arsenal are also five points clear of the Merseysiders and Klopp said his side are fully focused ahead of a “tough” game in north London this weekend.
“If we beat Arsenal we’d have eight points, but everyone knows that, it’s all about the outside. Inside, we just focus on what we have to do: the game. “We have to learn from the game against them and try to win.
It’s harder against Arsenal. We are in good times. We need to summarize what we did well. improvement. “We have to be much more dominant. “Liverpool are looking to end Manchester City’s recent dominance of the Premier League, while the Citizens are looking to win the top division for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year.
Pep Guardiola’s side have re-trained Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland and have recorded eight straight wins in all competitions. According to Klopp, recent history has shown that Liverpool will need to be perfect until the end of the season to become champions.
“If you want to be at Manchester City, you’d better win every game of football I’ve played over the years because they’re great.” This is the league, it’s City’s time to dominate. This is. They might be playing great and you might think they’re not having their best season, but look where they are.
“We have a very good season and we have some points in front. They are having a good season and are a few points behind which is really exciting.” We are in this situation. Arsenal, they beat us, they’re definitely up there. They don’t beat us. Ask other people.
But more games to come! We often make snap judgments. You can lose all these games, but you can win them. You could lose a player at a crucial time. We try to make it as difficult as possible. Let’s see if we can do it.”
