Dejan Lovren says that Liverpool are not unfazed by title race with City
The race for the Premier League crown is heating up gradually with all Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea all keeping within striking distance of the Holy Grail.
Liverpool climbed to the top of the standings after Manchester City stumbled at Chelsea a couple of weeks back and so far, the Reds have managed to capitalise on their lifeline. However, centre-back Dejan Lovren has stated that Liverpool are not unfazed by Manchester City’s strengths and weaknesses and has reiterated that the primary objective of the club is to take one game at a time.
“I’m not sure that they have any weaknesses,” said Lovren. “Last year they won by 19 points. They know how to manage even when they lose.
“They also lost one or two games last year. Still, they managed to be 19 points ahead.
“It doesn’t mean anything. There are so many games in front of us and in front of them. It will be a tight race and it’s not only City. Tottenham is only a couple of points behind.
“You cannot sit and enjoy and say: ‘We have five or six points in front of everyone’. It doesn’t work like that. Every game for us is a final.”
The Croatian defender also echoed the sentiments of manager Jürgen Klopp when insisting that, while City’s strengths promise league drama for the duration, Liverpool will not be fixated on a single opponent.
“Look, there’s a competition,” Lovren said. “This is what we want, but we don’t look at who is in front of us or behind us.
“It’s just about us. It’s more about how we train, how we do on the pitch and the result will come. There are quite a lot of games still to go but we go game-by-game.
“City won on Saturday so on Sunday we had pressure. It can be from both ways a positive thing. We will not look back, we will just look forward.”
Halfway through the season, things are looking pretty good. But, you know, stay vigilant.
