'Awakening moment' - Jurgen Klopp makes Arsenal admission as Liverpool course changed

Jurgen Klopp highlighted last season's visit from Arsenal as the "awakening moment" for a Liverpool side who have lost just one in 27 Premier League games since that April draw at Anfield.

But the Reds boss has declared himself unconcerned with the prospect of spending Christmas Day as league leaders with victory over the Gunners at home on Saturday.

Liverpool trailed the then league leaders at Anfield 2-0 on Easter Sunday before forcing their way back into the game through Mohamed Salah's goal. The Reds dominated the second period and missed a penalty before Roberto Firmino equalised and Ibrahima Konate spurned a glorious chance to win it late on.

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Since that draw on April 9, Klopp's side have lost just once in the league, which came back in September when Liverpool had two men sent off at Tottenham before conceding a stoppage-time own goal after being on the wrong end of a huge VAR mistake when Luis Diaz's goal wrongly was ruled out for offside.

Klopp pointed to Arsenal's most recent visit as the turning point for his team ahead of their return to Merseyside on Saturday evening as he previewed the top-of-the-table clash at Anfield.

"Yes it was [a turning point]," Klopp said. "It was a nice awakening moment in general. Coming back in that game and it was a change in that season thankfully. It made the last bit of the season more enjoyable than the first bit, the longer bit of it.

"You should hand out a trophy if [being top at Christmas] is quite a big thing here. It’s not even the first half of the season because we play the next game against Burnley and we