Jurgen Klopp delivered an honest response to Liverpool facing Man City next

Jurgen Klopp delivered an honest response when asked about facing Manchester City next weekend as he admit Liverpool are not in contention for the Premier League title after falling 14 points behind leaders Arsenal with a 3-2 defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

The Reds fell behind in the Premier League contest after 58 seconds through Gabriel Martinelli’s finish but responded in the 34th minute through Darwin Nunez.

Bukayo Saka restored the hosts’ advantage in first-half added time before Roberto Firmino made it 2-2 early on in the second period.

However, Saka’s converted penalty in minute 76 – after Thiago Alcantara was ruled to have brought down Gabriel Jesus – clinched the victory for the Gunners, who return to the top of the table.

Klopp’s side have a game in hand on the top three sides, but after just two wins from eight league games this season, the Liverpool boss said: “We’re not in the race. Imagine I would sit here and think ‘we are nearly there, wait.’ Look, we saw a lot of things.

“So, we have problems at the moment but we caused the team in form, the leader of the table, massive problems today. Even in a really bad situation for us, with early changes and stuff like this, we caused them real problems. That’s the truth as well. We have to continue.

The former Borussia Dortmund boss delivered a brutally honest response when asked about facing Manchester City in their next Premier League game

“Of course, in a situation like ours, we play Arsenal, we play Rangers obviously and then we play Man City. Is that the perfect opponent for finding confidence back? Probably not. But we will go out there and fight. That’s what we have to do and that’s what we do.

“We’re in a tough moment and we want to get through this together and that’s what we are working on.”

Liverpool will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they host Manchester City next weekend.