Jurgen Klopp names Liverpool's Premier League title race 'biggest enemy' vs Arsenal and Man City
Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp has warned his team that they could be their own worst enemy in the Premier League title race.
The Reds slipped to second place on Wednesday after Arsenal's easy 2-0 victory over Luton at home. Liverpool are now level on points with Manchester City, who beat Aston Villa 4-1 thanks to a fantastic hat-trick from Phil Foden.
On Thursday, Liverpool will played against Sheffield United at Anfield, taking an early first-half lead through Darwin Nunez knowing a win would put them back on top and give them a two-point lead with eight games left.
However, Liverpool don't have the advantage in goal difference, trailing Arsenal by eight goals and leading reigning champions City by just two. When asked if he would discuss improving their goal difference against Sheffield United in his pre-match team talk, Klopp said: «No, definitely not. I want to win the game first — the result I'm not bothered about at the moment.
»Sheffield are in their best spell probably in the last two games and they've been a bit unlucky with the results maybe. They have an idea. I remember [in Chris Wilder's first game back as Sheffield United manager] them having counter-attacking chances on the left wing against us and that is how they will set it up, with the two strikers up front, a partnership [Ben Brereton Diaz and Oli McBurnie] which works together, they both scored in the last game, and these things will be tricky.
«The biggest enemy is the wrong attitude. If we would show that, and a big part of that is thinking who scores how many goals. And that will not happen.»
Left-back Andy Robertson and playmaker Curtis Jones are both ready to come back from injury on Thursday, although midfielder Wataru Endo might not play after
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