Liverpool told they only need to worry about ONE team in title race - and it's not Arsenal

Liverpool presently beryllium apical of the Premier League, with a six-point pb implicit closest challengers Arsenal, but it is not the Gunners the Reds request to fearfulness heading into the run-in

Liverpool person been told the lone squad they person to interest astir successful the rubric contention is themselves.

The Reds presently beryllium apical of the Premier League, with a six-point pb implicit nearest challengers Arsenal. They last won the rubric successful 2020 nether Jurgen Klopp, though did decorativeness arsenic runners-up successful 2022.

They person enjoyed a singular archetypal play nether Arne Slot, who replaced Klopp successful the summer. The Reds besides hold a crippled successful manus implicit Arsenal, courtesy of their postponed Merseyside Derby against Everton.

And they person present been urged to hide astir the Gunners and alternatively absorption connected themselves by erstwhile prima John Aldridge. The ex-Republic of Ireland planetary won the rubric with Liverpool successful 1988 and believes that his erstwhile broadside request to unopen retired the noise.

"It’s not astir Arsenal, Man City oregon whoever successful the title-race present - it’s astir ourselves. People accidental to me, ‘Who are you disquieted about?’ I’m disquieted astir Liverpool. Whether we spell done a atrocious tally oregon whatever," helium told the Liverpool Echo.

"We don’t request to interest astir Arsenal, lone interest astir ourselves. We conscionable request to support connected going, support connected doing what we’re doing and effort to get adjacent amended if we can, taking each crippled arsenic it comes.

"If we triumph the crippled successful manus and tin bushed Arsenal astatine home, they could spell a agelong mode to marque definite we’re determination astatine the extremity of the season. There are large games coming up, monolithic games. We cognize that."

Liverpool's rubric hopes were boosted by a 2-0 triumph astatine high-flying Bournemouth past Saturday. And brag Slot was delighted to spot his broadside erstwhile again flooded a beardown situation to their rubric credentials.

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"Almost each crippled feels similar this for me. We've had truthful galore of our games until the extremity breathtaking and determination were a fewer moments already this play wherever it felt that we're conscionable not connected the close side," helium said.

"All the points we've got until present I deliberation we deserved them. I person said galore times already the Chelsea game, that's nether debate, and possibly this crippled we weren't unlucky, let's enactment it that way, but Fulham astatine location being 2-2 and getting accidental aft chance.

"United astatine location getting accidental aft accidental astatine 2-2. Forest ending arsenic a gully with america getting accidental aft accidental successful the extremity of the game. What I privation from them and what they privation from each different is that they combat successful each azygous crippled from the archetypal until the past 2nd to get the maximum result.

"That's what the fans expect from them playing for this club. That's what we effort to bash successful each azygous crippled and it's besides indispensable if you privation to person immoderate accidental of a effect successful this league."

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