Jurgen Klopp not getting carried away

May 20, 2021
By: Jamie Jones

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that he and his players are not getting complacent despite moving back into the Premier League top four.

Last season’s Premier League champions got the better of Burnley 3-0 away from home at Turf Moor on Wednesday evening.

Goals from Roberto Firmino, Nathaniel Phillips and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain saw the Reds pick up all three points from the encounter.

Liverpool are now fourth in the Premier League table with 66 points from 37 matches, a point behind third-placed Chelsea and level on points with Leicester City, who are fifth.

The Reds have a better goal difference than the Foxes and will take on Crystal Palace at Anfield in their last game of the season on Sunday.

A win will pretty much guarantee Liverpool a place in the top four, but manager Klopp is not getting complacent, despite Betfair rating the Reds’ chances of winning the match 2-1 at 8/1.

Klopp told Liverpool’s official website: “I couldn’t be more pleased, to be honest. I never expected that. It’s not that I take this for granted, I knew this season is for us an incredibly tough, tough season.

“I heard now that on Valentine’s Day, February 14, was the last time we were in the top four because we didn’t win a lot of games since then. But now in the last eight, 10, I don’t know exactly how many games, we are back on track and if we win on Sunday then probably – it depends on the result of Leicester or Chelsea – then we are probably qualified for the Champions League.

“It’s insane that we came that close, but we are not through. When you win the semi-final you go to the final. That’s where we are and we will give our absolute everything to win that as well.”

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