Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has sent a warning to Manchester City in the title race, claiming that his team will make it as challenging as possible for their rivals to retain the title ahead of their upcoming clash with Arsenal.
The Reds make a short trip to the Emirates Stadium to face the Gunners on Sunday with a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.
Klopp’s side head into the encounter on the back of an impressive 4-1 win over Chelsea in midweek while Arsenal secured a 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool and Arsenal clashed in both the league and the FA Cup within a fortnight over Christmas.
A draw at Anfield was followed by a 2-0 away win for Liverpool in the FA cup. However, this upcoming game promises to be a wholly different affair with Man City lurking around to take full advantage of the result.
“I think what we learned over the years is if you want to be around [Manchester] City then you better win all your football games because they do,” said the Liverpool boss.
“That’s all. This is the league, this is the time where City is dominating, that’s how it is. They play incredible stuff and would probably consider themselves not playing their very best season but are where they are.
“We play a very good season and are in the moment two points ahead of City, and they play kind of a season and are two points behind us, which is really interesting.
“So, that’s the situation we are in. We could discuss that or we don’t do it and just take it like it is and go from here and try to play the best season we can play.
“And when we face them, we want to beat them. In the other games we don’t have anything to do with them. That’s the thing.
“Arsenal, they beat us, they are definitely there. If they don’t beat us, then ask them or other people, I don’t know what that means.
“But there are so many games to come and we always judge then the moment and then it’s like, by the way, you play there, there, there.
“You can lose all these games unfortunately, that’s how it is. You can win them as well, that’s cool, but you could lose them as well and then you lose key players in absolutely the wrong moments.
“We all have to get through this. You ask these questions and you try to get answers, the only problem is that we cannot give the answers – and not only me, we cannot give the answers because we don’t know.
“But we will try to make it as hard as somehow possible for everyone who wants to finish the season above us. Let’s see if we can do that, it’s just what we want to try.”
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