Jurgen Klopp reeled off some of the strides Liverpool had made — the goalkeeper with most clean sheets, two of the players with the most goals and team with the biggest leap in points — before claiming that to list all the improvements would take him until next month’s Champions League final.

“As long as [Manchester] City are around with the quality that they have and the financial power and all that stuff, it’s not that any other team will pass them easily,” the Liverpool manager said. “That’s clear. We need to be very, very close to perfection to win the Premier League.”

Mané celebrated two goals that took him top of the scoring charts TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER BRADLEY ORMESHER

Liverpool have not been far from that standard this season, victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers bringing their 30th win of a campaign that