Jurgen Klopp insists Manchester City’s defeat changes nothing for Liverpool

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp kept his composure despite Manchester City’s defeat against Tottenham last weekend, insisting the Premier League title picture has not changed for the Reds.

City stumbled to a 3-2 defeat following Harry Kane’s double on Saturday and Liverpool’s earlier win over Norwich meant they closed the gap on the league leaders to six points.

They could halve that deficit with victory over Leeds in their game in hand on Wednesday but Klopp’s belief that City will win all of their remaining fixtures means their slip-up has not altered his thinking on the title race.

Klopp said: “I was on the way home when it was 2-1 to Tottenham and didn’t follow it anymore because I was sure they would equalise. Then we went out and the driver was very excited and told me that it was 2-2 and then 3-2, I thought City won but it was Tottenham, so ‘ohh’ was my reaction.

“Nothing changes for us, we have to win all our games. I think you can expect that (Manchester City will win all their games). Historically it happens more often than not.

“We have so many games to play and, yes, if we could win them all it’s a title race. If not then it’s maybe not a title race.

“There are so many things that can happen in football. I cannot – I’m just not made for it – count points on our account before we’ve played the game. If other people do that, that’s OK because they are not directly involved.

“That’s why we have to be 100 per cent focused on just this one game because we cannot win the game and the league and everything in one game. We just have to try to make sure we win a very difficult Premier League game.”

Nothing changes for us, we have to win all our games.- Jurgen Klopp

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