Premier League: Klopp targets six wins for glory, Arteta calls for a response

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says a perfect six wins from six in their remaining games will be enough to see them crowned Premier League champions.

A poor run of results – starting with a draw at Manchester United and followed by home defeats to Atalanta and Crystal Palace – was ended by a 1-0 Europa League win in Bergamo on Thursday, but that wasn't enough to stop them slipping out of the competition at the quarter-final stage.

The game in Italy did deliver a morale-boosting first clean sheet in 10 matches and Klopp, whose side visit Fulham in the late game on Sunday, insists Manchester City's two-point advantage in the title race is not insurmountable.

“It’s not obviously in our hands, [but] it is not about that,” said Klopp, who leaves the club at the end of the season.

“I think if we would win all our games there is a good chance we will be champion. If not there is a good chance someone else will be champion.

“Maybe we only have to win five, but nobody knows. Who would have thought that Arsenal lose against Aston Villa?

“We all sit here and think ‘OK, yeah. City will win all their games’ and that’s happened quite frequently, but they have a lot of games to play and difficult opponents as well.

“We don’t think about that. We don’t think about them. It is just how can we make sure we start winning games again.”

The Reds will face a Fulham team full of confidence after a 2-0 win at West Ham last weekend.

"I think we’re in the best moment of the season," said Cottagers boss Marco Silva. "We haven't had big injuries in the last month and a half, or two months. All the squad is available."

Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta implored his Arsenal team to show “what they are made of” after the double blow of a Premier League title