Liverpool's manager, Jurgen Klopp, has stated that his team must have a perfect record for the remainder of the season, starting with their upcoming match against rivals Manchester United, if they hope to win the Premier League title and beat out competitors Arsenal and Manchester City.
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Liverpool, currently the league leaders, are two points ahead of Arsenal and three ahead of City, with only eight games remaining in the season. Liverpool's manager, Klopp, is aiming to secure another trophy for the Anfield club following their success in the 2019–20 Premier League campaign.
Liverpool lost the 2021–22 title by a point. Klopp was asked if the team needed to be 'perfect' to win the Premier League this season.
"That's obviously how it is in the Premier League... So if it's a tight race, then the best place you can be is in it. "We are in it, and that's cool, that's good. And now let's keep fighting, that's how it is. Obviously, the next one is the big one, like they all are. "Somebody said we had the best fixture list or schedule. I looked at it, and I really don't know how you can have had that idea. Maybe I'm too negative, but it's a tough one, good opponents. But we are ready and we want to be in that fight."
In the reverse fixture played at Anfield in December, the match ended in a goalless draw. However, Liverpool suffered a 4-3 defeat by United in the FA Cup quarterfinal last month, with the Red Devils winning in extra time. Klopp believes that his team had control of the game, but they ran out of energy towards the end, particularly in the extra period.
"The good news is we will not have twice 15 minutes extra time. That was too much for us that day, we couldn't control it anymore, made mistakes we didn't make before at all and United turned the game around." "United are a top side playing at home, we all know that. But we cannot just tell the players, 'Let's do what we did from minute 15 to 70-something.' Football is not that easy. "We have to find a way to cause United problems and they will try exactly the same. On that level, with this opponent in this stadium (Old Trafford), we'd better play a really good football game if we want something there."
