Jurgen Klopp calls on Liverpool to 'attack it, chase it, go for it' ahead of Arsenal clash

Jurgen Klopp does not often get the chance to watch many of his rivals in real time. He tuned in to watch Manchester City on Monday – for analysis reasons, he said, and understandably given that they could meet four times in April – but only for 65 minutes. “I was surprised when I saw the result,” he said.

Crystal Palace had secured a stalemate and reframed the title race. Liverpool could close the gap to Manchester City to a solitary point with victory at Arsenal on Wednesday. It left Klopp sounding more bullish about Liverpool’s prospects. “Now everything is in front of us: attack it, chase it, go for it,” he said.

City are still the favourites, he readily concedes, but Liverpool intend to irritate them. “That is the plan, that we keep being as annoying as possible but we have to win our football games,” he said. “It is final after final after final after final after final after final that we play. If I sit here and say we win 10 games that doesn’t sound very likely but as long as it is possible, we will give it a proper try.”

And Liverpool have won their last eight in the Premier League. He has identified a few “especially tough” games in the run-in. One is against an Arsenal side who have reeled off five straight victories in the top flight themselves.

It is, Mikel Arteta thinks, they best they have consistently played since his arrival. Having ended August in last place, they are fourth now and with games in hand; one complication is that their rearranged fixtures will also include Chelsea and Tottenham. They come laced with danger and a manager whose side have already dropped out of the Champions League places once this season is sounding cautious.

“We haven’t done anything [yet],” the Spaniard said. “There are