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'Everyone can celebrate except us' - Klopp wants focus after Man Utd win

  /  autty

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is happy to hear the Anfield faithful celebrate the Premier League title a little prematurely - as long as his players do not follow suit.

"We're gonna win the league" could be heard from the Anfield stands on Sunday as the Reds took a crucial victory, and Klopp for one will not stop them singing.

"They can sing that, they have sung that a couple of times in the past I think," the German told Sky Sports after the final whistle.

"l have no problem with that. Everyone should celebrate the situation, apart from us. Nothing has changed, we have the same situation plus three points.

"I will tell you immediately the moment if it feels different, at the moment it doesn't."

While he will not be taking anything for granted in the title race, Klopp could not hide his delight with what he saw against United, the only side who have taken points off Liverpool in this year's Premier League campaign thanks to a 1-1 draw October.

"What a performance against an opponent with the quality of United, and the set up of United," he added.

"[United manager] Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] will say the same, they wanted to annoy us, distract our game, defend and counter-attack. They had moments when they played football but not too often, the other moments it was difficult to create chances, but the manner we created chances was exceptional.

"I have no idea whether we will be caught or not, I don't care. First and foremost it's the Premier League. We play Wolves on Thursday, it's our next exceptional challenge. I don't have enough space in my brain to contemplate anything else."