Manchester City are expecting a tense battle to the wire against Liverpool for the Premier League trophy.
18.02.2022 - 21:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has outlined where Manchester City lie in his list of problems for the remainder of this season.
Pep Guardiola's side have a nine-point gap over their nearest challengers, who have a game in hand, but the German head coach remains adamant that their focus remains on themselves.
City are looking to regain their Premier League crown after storming to the accolade last season, snatching it back off from their rivals.
Klopp's men could complete a quadruple by the end of May but he has reaffirmed that the focus isn't on the league leaders.
He said in his press conference: "There is actually a lot to fix here. With a game like the last one, with the intensity of it. There is one obvious one with Diogo [Jota] but with the rest, we don't know yet.
"We have to wait, with injuries you have to wait two days after the game. Are there niggles anywhere with the players and you cannot use them?
"We are not even at the point in this moment in time and I have no idea who we can line up.
"Yes, we should have good options, but we don't know.
"And from all the problems I have, the smallest one we have is what you said about City [relying on Manchester City dropping points]. There's no day in the week when I think about that. No minute actually, because this decision is already clear.
"We have only to win our football games and then we will see if we come close or not. That' pretty much everything on that.
"On the other side, we fight for a Champions League spot, which for this club is incredibly important, so for that we need to win games.
"If we want to go further in the cup competitions or win the cup then we have to win football games.
"It's actually always the same solution. You solve all of the problems
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