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Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp plays down early title talk following Watford bashing

By Thomas Atzenhoffer

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool applauds the fans following their team's 2-1 victory during the Premier League match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on October 22, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool applauds the fans following their team's 2-1 victory during the Premier League match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on October 22, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) /
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Liverpool made a strong statement of intent for what they want out of this season with their impressive 6-1 victory over Watford, but Jurgen Klopp wants more.

Liverpool put on what is so far their attacking display of the season as they put six goals past a struggling Watford side at Anfield, but it could have been many more.

In what is their most dominant home performance of the current campaign thus far the Kop was treated to Jurgen Klopp’s heavy metal football at its finest as the attacking three of Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Saido Mane looked almost unstoppable.

With their victory over Watford the Reds jumped to the top of the table moving a point above Chelsea and two points above both Manchester City and Arsenal whom both drew over the weekend.

Having moved to the top of the table on their own this weekend it was inevitable that the title talk was going to start, but in his post match comments aired on NBC Sports (US) and Sky Sports (UK), Jurgen Klopp was having nothing of the sort as he downplayed any chance of starting a media frenzy for the Reds:

"“It’s better than being 10th, or whatever. It’s very important to collect the points for the finish and for the final third of the season. We’ve started already collecting points but we need to go on with this and then we will see where we can end.I’m really not interested [in talking about the title]. For me, it’s more important that we look like a team who is able to win football games. On a good day, we are really difficult to play and that’s the most important thing we can say.”"

Klopp was also keen to not only down play the title talk, but also to draw a line between the fact that his side is not the same side that Brendan Rodgers nearly took to the title nor are they that same as the one that last lifted a League title for the Reds 25 years ago:

"“It’s not important in this moment where we can end. I know in the past a lot of things happened here and the story two, three years ago when it was really close and everybody compares but this is not the team two, three years ago, this is not the team 25 years ago, we’re completely new.”More from Playing for 90Alexia Putellas reaches 400 games with BarcelonaEverything you need to know ahead of the 250th ‘Super Clásico’Barcelona put five past Real BetisManchester City suffer but come away with win over West HamBaffling Liga MX ruling strips Puebla of a hard-earned victory"

With a two-week international break now upon them Klopp can get back to planning his side’s next run of games that includes 10 matches in the last 43 days of the year once they return to action.

The Reds return to action on November 19th and travel to Southampton where last season they had an impressive cup tie that saw a landslide of fixtures.

Liverpool are certainly on the radar now and having gone top so early they will look to ensure that their current place is nowhere near the summit they want to reach by the end of the season.

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