Caoimhin Kelleher knows Liverpool need to keep their foot on the gas

Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has told his teammates they cannot afford to ease off after opening up a gap at the top of the Premier League.

The Reds know that, regardless of their result at Southampton on Sunday, they will end the weekend at the top of the standings after a superb start from new manager Arne Slot, who has still only tasted defeat once since taking over in the summer.

A game against a Saints side bottom of the table with only one league win to their name this term is clearly one Liverpool should be winning, but bigger challenges await in the coming days with Real Madrid due at Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday before Manchester City visit next weekend.

“After this last international break it’s quite intense now obviously with us playing every three days pretty much,” Kelleher said on the club’s website.

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“We’re not going to take anything for granted. I know maybe the outside is already making some noise about us being so far ahead in the league now, but we don’t really think about that.

“We know we can’t take our foot off the gas for one second because we’ll get punished. Our focus is on Southampton first and then trying to get some wins.”

Kelleher, who is set to keep his place in goal in the continued absence of Alisson Becker, echoed the views of Slot in saying that Southampton are better than their results have suggested.

“We as players and the staff as well know, we’re not silly,” he said.

“We know how good they are and the quality that these players have. I think sometimes the results don’t reflect the quality that’s in the actual team.

“You need to take every team in this league very seriously or else you’ll end up not