Jurgen Klopp says that Liverpool are not thinking about the title right now
Liverpool finished the week at the top of the table once again with a 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Anfield after Manchester City had briefly overtaken them with a win over Everton on Saturday.
Xherdan Shaqiri came off the bench and struck two deflected goals after Sadio Mane’s opener was cancelled out by Jesse Lingard. The Reds currently have 45 points from 17 games, their best tally at this stage in any top-flight season.
However, Jurgen Klopp has said that he didn’t mention a thing about Manchester City or the title race prior to Sunday’s clash with United at Anfield. The German has urged his team to focus on their immediate objectives.
I’m happy with the situation,” Klopp told BBC Radio 5 live.
“But I promise we didn’t speak a word about the table or the City game on Saturday before our match.”
“We all know their results, that’s how it is,” Klopp said. “But it doesn’t matter, we cannot change the results of other teams and we cannot be champions in December.
“All we can do is collect points and win football games. So far, it’s going OK.
“If there is a moment at the end of the season when we’re still around them and we have to think about them and start hoping they drop points, maybe we will, but not today.”
The German did, however, say his attention would turn to City as the clubs’ next Premier League meeting draws closer.
“At the moment we respect them a lot, they respect us, and we have to win football games against all the others,” Klopp said.
“Then we meet on 3 January again and then we will be thinking about City a lot.”
