EPL: Why Liverpool Don’t Think Of Winning Premier League Title- Klopp

Liverpool do not “feel, think about or mention” the Premier League title, despite opening up a 13-point lead at the top, says manager Jurgen Klopp.

The Reds demolished second-placed Leicester 4-0 and now hold the joint-biggest advantage in Premier League history after the Boxing Day fixtures.

“It is just a game against a really good football team,” said Klopp. “It is not about deciding whatever you are thinking about before it is decided.”

Liverpool host Wolves on Sunday.

The Anfield side have come through a testing period festive period by winning the Club World Cup in Qatar, reaching the Champions League knockout stages and opening up a sizeable lead in the league.

Manchester United also held a 13-point lead at the top in the 1993-94 season and finished in that position, eight points clear of Blackburn, and Liverpool’s result moved them a step closer to clinching their first league title since 1990.

Klopp’s side have a game in hand and have dropped just two points from 18 games this season but the German, as expected, is keeping expectations down.

“The only thing that changes is the numbers are different,” he said. “It was 10, 11 and now it is 13 points. We don’t feel it, we don’t think about it we did not mention it once before the game. it is just not interesting.

“I can write the stories by myself. Never before in the history of British football has a team had a bigger lead and lost the lead. That sounds negative in my head and we are just focused on the next games.

“We have Wolves, Sheffield United, Everton, Tottenham and Manchester United, that does not sound like anything is decided. We try with everything we have to be ready. The number are not relevant.”

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Roberto Firmino scored twice, James Milner netted a penalty and Trent Alexander-Arnold fizzed home the fourth for Liverpool. Asked if his side had played better this season, Klopp replied: “We played an exceptional game against Manchester City, a super game against Arsenal and we have had a few better games.

“That was exactly the performance we needed, a little bit less good and we could have had problems. The boys were 100% in the game and that helped a lot.

“Champions League, Super Cup, Club World Cup. we want to talk about that much later in our lives and we have to win a few things then look back at how it felt.”

Source: BBC