Xherdan Shaqiri has vowed that Liverpool will stick with Premier League title rivals Manchester City ‘until the end’.

The Reds did their bit in earning a 3-0 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday courtesy of goals from Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Roberto Firmino.

And, though Pep Guardiola’s men maintained their two-point cushion at the top with a comfortable win at West Ham United, Shaqiri remains confident he and his teammates can keep up the pace.

Asked about keeping the pressure on the reigning champions, the Swiss said: “We’re going to be there until the end!

“We don’t have to look to Man City, we just have to look to ourselves and try to give our good performance on the pitch and win games, that’s the most important thing.

“Every game has its own history and we have to look game to game and not look where we’re staying at the end of the season.

“When you win games like this, we’re going to fight to the end for a lot of things so I think we just have to keep going, keep working hard and win games.”

Liverpool were forced to wait until the 67th minute to breach the Hornets’ defence for the first time, Salah sweeping home Mane’s pull-back to force Javi Gracia’s disciplined team to open up even further.

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Shaqiri believes the patience the visitors showed during a goalless first hour serves as further proof of their quality.

“We had to [be] because they were set up very defensively and it was difficult to find solutions sometimes, to create something,” he added.

“We had to be patient and in the second half we tried to play our football and create some chances and scored these three important goals.

“I think that there you can see how good you are. Sometimes the top teams, you know the [opposition are] going to stay very defensive - today was the same.

“In the end we showed our class and we deserved to win this game.”

The Switzerland international was also full of praise for a backline featuring Dejan Lovren in place of the injured Joe Gomez.

In earning a clean sheet at Watford, they extended the Reds’ record to five goals conceded in just 13 games thus far - the club’s best ever defensive start in the Premier League era.

He continued: “I think it’s been like that the whole season now.

“We are very strong at the back, even when Joe is not playing with Dejan we also have a very good player who is very good in the air, who can also play football.

“Today we played very well defensively and I think we have the [clean sheet] record now.

“It’s nice to see that and have this record for the club, it gives you more confidence in the next games.”