Jurgen Klopp has challenged his Liverpool players to build on their 6-1 thrashing of Leeds United, but he insists he is not concerned with the top-four race..
The Reds cut the gap on fourth-placed Newcastle to nine points with eight games remaining after emphatically defeating their hosts at Elland Road on Monday night.
Liverpool won their first game since a 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United last month, thanks to goals from Gakpo and Darwin Nunez, as well as braces from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah.
Klopp admits he doesn’t know if a place in next season’s Champions League is a realistic goal after what he described as a “really bad season,” but the manager has urged his players to pick up where they left off in Leeds when they face fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
“The challenge now is to build on this,” said Klopp. “I’m not sure where it will lead.” It’s critical what happens next because if it continues, there will be another season.
“I have no idea where we will finish this season; it is heavily dependent on other teams around us who can win all of their games.” We can’t do anything about it..
But what matters now is what we demonstrated in the second half against Arsenal. That could have gone either way, but we reacted well and got the point we deserved, and it’s critical that we understand what we’ve got here tonight.
“We had a really bad season, but some things are hard to explain and some are definitely not acceptable.” We must comprehend what is feasible. “All I want is for us to play great football and win games, and then we’ll see where we end up..
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