Jürgen Klopp has said Liverpool will attack the Premier League and Champions League with the same intensity this month as the pursuit of a first league title for 29 years will not divert focus from the season’s other main goal. The Premier League leaders can restore a five-point gap over Manchester City when they visit struggling West Ham on Monday night. There was the discussion this year when people said we should focus only on the league so now we are still in the Champions League and I am quite happy about it. We always play the league and the Champions League is then a little sweet in between and we will go for it with all we have. The Liverpool manager added: “After the Leicester game I heard the words from [Claude] Puel that they deserved more.

Source: The Irish Times February 03, 2019 22:30 UTC