Klopp urges Liverpool to keep the pressure on top-four rivals after win at Leicester

Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool to "keep the pressure" on Newcastle United and Manchester United after Monday night's win at Leicester City moved the Reds to within one point of their top-four rivals.

A superb first-half double from Curtis Jones and a stunning Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kick in the second half ensured Liverpool claimed a 3-0 victory at the King Power Stadium for their seventh Premier League win in a row.

Liverpool's late-season resurgence has seen them surge up the table but they will need a helping hand from the two clubs above them if they are to steal a place in next season's Champions League. Newcastle and United are level on 66 points with three games left to play, while Liverpool are on 65 but only have two matches remaining.

Newcastle's remaining fixtures are at home against high-flying Brighton and struggling Leicester before concluding their campaign with a trip to Chelsea. United travel to Bournemouth for their next game and end the season with two home games against Chelsea and Fulham. Liverpool's last two games are at home against in-form Aston Villa and away to relegated Southampton.

"Six, seven weeks ago, I didn't believe it can happen," Klopp said of Liverpool's top-four chances. "What we lacked that time was obviously consistency and there was only one chance for us to get in these situations – winning pretty much all the football games, and that's what we had to do, it's crazy. But that's the situation we were in. That's good.

"All the rest is not in our own hands but we know we have to win all the games until the end of the season to have a chance. I said it now a couple of times, yes probably Newcastle and United are not watching us, are confident – that's all fine.

"But we were in