liverpool Boss Jurgen Klopp said he doubts Liverpool will secure Champions League qualification with a fourth-place finish Manchester United is unlikely to slip in his last five matches Premier League Season.
The Merseyside club’s five-match winning streak has taken them to fifth in the table, four points behind United, who have a game in hand, but Klopp does not expect their rivals to drop points.
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“The other teams are in much better position, as long as they win games, we have no chance,” Klopp told reporters ahead of Saturday’s clash against ninth-place. Brentford,
“We have to keep the teams behind us. We have 59 points and United have 63, so the maximum we can get is 71.” [at the end of the season], United need eight points from five out of 15 [and] I think they will.
“We have enough to do with ourselves. Tomorrow, Brentford is a tough game to play. We can control the whole game theoretically and one set piece can kill you.”
However, Klopp said they would squeeze everything out of the rest of the season.
Klopp said, “If our performance puts pressure on other teams that is not in our hands. The way they played this season, the top four teams, no one seems to be losing more than winning.”
“The plan for us is finishing as high as we can, now that means fifth but that hasn’t been given. Sixth hasn’t been given. Aston VillaTottenham, Brentford are all fighting for it and so are we.”
james milner Expected to leave Liverpool after eight years at the end of the season Sources telling ESPN that the midfielder is close to signing a one-year contract Brighton and Hove Albion, Klopp explained how much he values the 37-year-old.
“He is an incredible part of this team and I would have loved to work with him even longer,” Klopp said. “Nothing will change. Nothing positive would have happened in the last seven and a half years without James Milner.”
klopp said diogo jota and captain Jordan Henderson While evaluation will be done before the match Roberto Firmino remains on the sidelines. The German said midfielder Thiago Alcantara is expected to be fit for the preseason after undergoing hip surgery.
