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Liverpool's Premier League summit status is a 'statement' - Jurgen Klopp

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes their current status as Premier League leaders has made a "statement" but knows the situation can quickly unravel.Their lead over Manchester City is a point and two over third-placed Arsenal, but Klopp admitted maintaining their winning run was the only way to stay ahead of the chasing pack and their advantage was balanced on a knife edge due to injuries ravaging his squad.There are similarities to two years ago when Liverpool also had 60 points after 26 matches - although that was only good enough to be three points behind City - and were chasing another quadruple.On that occasion they finished with a domestic cup double but finished runners-up in the league by a point on 92 and lost the Champions League final.However, with 10 first-team players still currently sidelined, Klopp said the two campaigns were not comparable."It is only one point above City and two points above Arsenal but that means nothing," he said."Sixty points is a statement for that moment in the season but stay on 60 and I am not sure you qualify for the Champions League to be honest so we had better continue winning football games."It was a much more comfortable squad situation (two years ago).

As far as I remember we could make massive changes between competitions."You cannot really compare it but it showed us you can fight for everything and win something."Some people will be happy with that and some will tell you it was not enough but for us, it was a successful season and let's hope we can make a successful season out of this one."Leading scorer Mohamed Salah is set to return to training next week, probably two weeks behind schedule, but Klopp will have fellow forward Darwin Nunez and midfielder Dominik

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