Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool’s players and fans to “enjoy every single second” of their title challenge, as they prepare to host Sheffield United tonight.
Wins for Arsenal and Manchester City on Wednesday means the pressure is on the Reds against the Premier League’s bottom side.
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Victory at Anfield will restore Liverpool’s two-point advantage at the top, however, with eight games to go.
Writing in his programme notes, Klopp said: “It is up to us how much we enjoy the situation we are in and I could not mean this more. No-one else gets to decide this, only us. There will be pressure from outside, there will be difficult moments and there will be times when events can swing against us, but you know what?
“This is what we are in it for so let’s enjoy every single second.
“Everyone talks about the passion and noise of our crowd and rightly so, but our supporters also know that football is to enjoy. Doing this now would be really good I would say.
“We all know that there are two other outstanding teams going for the biggest prize in English football and we respect them both. So we cannot decide what the outcome will be at this stage, but we can decide how much we enjoy the experience and we know that if we do enjoy it we might even give ourselves a better chance.
“I know there will be moments when our heart rates are 180 or 200 or whatever, but if we want ‘normal’ we could all do something else and we do not want to do that, so let’s give it a try.”
“This is what we are in it for so let’s enjoy every single second.” ✊
Jürgen Klopp’s programme notes 🗣️
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 4, 2024
Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1 on Sunday and Klopp was delighted with how his players performed, particularly after going behind to an early Danny Welbeck strike.
He added: “For us, it is about picking up from where we left off on Sunday when we produced the best performance of my time here against Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton.
“Not only did we have more possession than we have had previously, we had better possession. This was key.
“Our reaction to going behind was a huge factor in the way the game turned out. Yes, our finishing could and should have been better at times, but there was so much to like about the way we played against a really, really tricky opponent.”
