No issue with Liverpool fans' 'league winners' chants - Klopp
Ale Moreno says Liverpool continue to get results while challengers falter and the EPL race is over.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he has no issue with fans proclaiming the Premier League title race over but added his side will remained solely focused on their next game.
Chants of "we're going to win the league" rang throughout Anfield after Liverpool's 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday, with the Reds now having a 16-point lead over second-place Manchester City.
While Klopp said the fans are entitled to make such a boast, he added "nothing has changed" in Liverpool's pursuit to winning their first league title in 30 years.
"They can sing that, they have sung that a couple of times in the past I think. l have no problem with that. Everyone should celebrate the situation, apart from us," Klopp told Sky Sports. "Nothing has changed, we have the same situation plus three points. I will tell you immediately the moment if it feels different, at the moment it doesn't."
European champions Liverpool have not lost all season and have taken 64 out of a possible 66 points so far in this campaign, with a game in hand. The chance of defending champions City of getting back in the hunt and overcoming Liverpool look unlikely as each matchday passes.
"I have no idea whether we will be caught or not, I don't care. First and foremost it's the Premier League. We play Wolves on Thursday, it's our next exceptional challenge. I don't have enough space in my brain to contemplate anything else," Klopp said.
Klopp later said he felt his side should have beaten Manchester United by a more emphatic scoreline but was still left eulogising his team's "sensational football."
"I enjoyed the game a lot. I would have preferred we're 2, 3, 4-0 up after 60 minutes -- good for nerves," said the German in post-match news conference, with his trademark grin.
Liverpool took the lead through a Virgil van Dijk header in the 14th minute but had to wait until added time to make sure of the win with a breakaway goal from Mohamed Salah.
Klopp though was forgiving of his players failing to turn spells of domination into a more emphatic victory.
"I understand sometimes concentration levels drop. In the past I would have gone crazy, but now I'm calm," he said.
"We played sensational football. We could have scored more and maybe should have scored more.
"Then United came back at the end of the first half. In the second half we created chances and played super football. But we're not in business since yesterday -- we know they would come back and they did," he said.
Klopp said he was not surprised by the levels which his team continue to produce during a Premier League season in which they have yet to lose.
"To be honest, not really. We had exceptional sessions [in training] against the kids -- 11 vs. 11. The boys go like crazy. I don't take it for granted but I see them during the week so I'm not surprised."
Information from Reuters was used in this report.
Source: espn.co.uk
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