MX23RW : Thursday, November 14 22:23:15| >> :120:9700:9700:

Jurgen Klopp: 'Liverpool will never give up on the Premier League'

A haul of just 12 points from the last 39 available has seen the Reds' title defence end with barely a whimper.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists they will never give up on the Premier League even if the Champions League offers them a better option to extend their run in Europe's top club competition.

A haul of just 12 points from the last 39 available has seen the Reds' title defence end with barely a whimper and has left the players fighting for a top-four finish.

Winning the Champions League would offer a route back into the elite tournament but there is still a long way to go on that front even though they hold a 2-0 lead heading into next week's last-16 second leg against RB Leipzig.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and RB Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano battle for the ball
Liverpool have to negotiate a tricky Champions League last-16 second leg tie against RB Leipzig next week (PA)

But Klopp said he would not allow Europe to take their focus off the fight on the domestic front.

"We play Fulham and three days later we play Leipzig and we are not in the next round," he said.

"I can't think about winning the Champions League now as we have to go through this difficult round.

"This week we play these three games, late in the season, with two days in between, Thursday, Sunday and Wednesday, and it is tough.

"We see who we can field on Sunday and then who can play on Wednesday but it is not that we gave up on the Premier League, that will never happen.

"There is no game we can play and lose and people say, 'Ah... look at the line-up'.

"Liverpool is too big, too many people are interested. We don't play behind closed doors really without cameras, it is in front of our people and we feel the responsibility that in each game we have to give our absolute everything to win it.

"If that doesn't happen then people will think, 'That's not enough'. We don't change our attitude."

ID:438170: cacheID:438170:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:4401:
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Fulham manager Scott Parker celebrates after the match on February 14, 2021
Read Next:
Scott Parker: 'Handball rule not being introduced earlier is devastating'
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool119112161528
2Manchester CityMan City117222213923
3Chelsea115422113819
4Arsenal115421812619
5Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest115421510519
6Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton115421915419
7Fulham115331613318
8Newcastle UnitedNewcastle115331311218
9Aston Villa115331717018
10Tottenham HotspurSpurs1151523131016
11Brentford115152222016
12Bournemouth114341515015
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd114341212015
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham113351319-612
15Leicester CityLeicester112451421-710
16Everton112451017-710
17Ipswich TownIpswich111551222-108
18Crystal Palace11146815-77
19Wolverhampton WanderersWolves111371627-116
20Southampton11119721-144


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!