Last season, just one step away from winning the "Premier" league title, "Liverpool" managed to triumph in the UEFA Champions League, defeating another English team - London's "Tottenham" in the final.
Currently, visiting the United States with the team, "Liverpool" manager Jurgen Klopp assured that at the moment he is not looking at the opponents, but clearly sees "Manchester City" footballers as the favorites to win the Premier League next season.
"I am fully focused only on the Liverpool team. Completely.
It would be great if we could be somewhere close to "Man City" again, because only then will we have a chance to surpass them. It is already clear that "City" will once again be the clear favorites.
Their situation is very good. They showed it already last season. The desire and dedication of the "City" players they showed was simply impressive.
I do not think they would have gathered 98 points if we were not close. At the same time, we ourselves would not have collected 97 points if it were not for "City" in front of us.
Throughout the season, we fought hard, exerted constant pressure, and that is what led to such a result," said J. Klopp.
The German also assured that he does not expect only two teams to compete for the Premier League trophy again.
"All teams will start from scratch. It won't be that only "City" and "Liverpool" will compete, and everyone else will just watch our fight. In the Premier League, everything is different. All matches here are very difficult.
You see what "Manchester United" is doing in the transfer market or preparing to do. "Arsenal" also wants to strengthen. The situation at "Chelsea" is more difficult, but they will be able to regain their loaned young players.
Perhaps no one wants to hear this, but the "Everton" team also strengthens every year. They have already made several good moves this summer, and their team was competitive last season as well.
We will need to do a lot of work and should not think only about how to beat "City". This is not our only task, as there are many more," added the "Liverpool" manager.
