Jürgen Klopp is confident Liverpool’s confidence hasn’t been dented by successive defeats to Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers as he backed his players to return to form they showed at the end of 2018.
The Reds have begun the New Year with 2-1 reversals at the Etihad Stadium and Molineux in the Premier League and FA Cup respectively.
Nevertheless, Klopp is convinced his squad have put those losses behind them as they aim to maintain their grip at the summit of the league standings, starting at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Read on for a summary of what the boss had to say in his pre-match press conference at Melwood on Friday morning…
On what the compact nature at the top of the table says about the league…
I think it says that statistics from the past have no relevance in the present.