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Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool's Premier League title dream is still alive as he declared: “I wouldn't fancy a trip to Burnley.”

The Reds have the opportunity to pile the pressure back on Manchester City by regaining top spot with victory over relegated Huddersfield Town at Anfield on Friday night.

City, who are a point clear with three matches to go, travel to Turf Moor on Sunday and Klopp believes the in-form Clarets are capable of delivering another twist in the title race.

Sean Dyche's side have taken 10 points out of the last 12 on offer and drew at Stamford Bridge on Monday night.

And a defiant Klopp said: “It gives us the chance to change again the lead for a couple of hours.

“Hopefully that will happen. Is Burnley a place that I would love to have now on the schedule for us? No, honestly not.

“It is not a place where you think: ‘Oh nice, we are going to Burnley. Easy points.'

“It is a tough place to go and they are in a good momentum. They are used to that style of play. They have got 40 points now and that is good.

“We just have to be focused. For others it is really hard, like intense, to separate it, but for us it was not a problem. That is what we have to do again and then we will see.

“There is so much good advice I could listen to - rest players here, don’t focus on the Champions League, do this, do that, but they are from people who are not in the situation.

“We just have to play the games and so far it was pretty good. That is what we have to do again.”

Klopp watched Wednesday night's Manchester derby on TV at home with his wife Ulla.

Liverpool were desperately hoping for a favour off United, but City's class shone through in the second half as goals from Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sane secured the win which knocked the Reds off the summit.

City celebrated clearing a major hurdle in their mission to retain the title but Klopp was far from disheartened.

He said: “It was not the last chance before the game. Why should it be the last chance after the game?

“If anybody really thought that United, in the moment, are capable of hurting City.... City are just too good for that.

“Everything was built up for that game and United did well, first half they did really well, but even if they went 1-0 up City has the skills to do whatever they do.

“There is always hope until the last whistle of the last game. That never changed. In your mind the best case scenario is City lose last night and so we are two points up.

“Then we play Huddersfield and we win or not, we will see, but then Newcastle . Massive pressure, everyone talking about that.

“You wouldn't feel a little bit better. You wouldn't. If we win that, which is difficult enough, and City win their game and then we play the last game against Wolves who can go with a win into the Europa League – and they want that, not like the others – then that is unbelievable pressure too.

“That is exactly the situation we have now only with the little difference that they are one point up. That's the only difference. It's not allowed for us to lose concentration or focus now.

“It is not a lie, I watched the game in front of the television and I was not a little bit nervous. I was not like: 'Oh my God, why did he do this? Lingard!'

“I don't like watching these games because we have nothing to do with them. I like to have the information but that's all. Everything is still fine and if somebody doesn't believe any more then I can't change that now. If you still believe then welcome to my club.”

Klopp is convinced that everyone in the dressing room shares his upbeat assessment. Liverpool, who have won nine successive matches, have to keep taking care of their own business to ensure that City have no margin for error.

There is also the small matter of retaining momentum going into Wednesday's crunch Champions League semi-final first leg against Barcelona.

“So far they listen to what I say and believe what I say,” Klopp said.

“There is only one opinion that is really important and that is our opinion inside the dressing room.

“We had to deal with everything during the season and the boys did brilliantly. There are so many examples in life of what could happen if you give up too early, of what it means, of people who would not have survived if they had given up, that I don't have to use these examples.

“You know these examples. It is over when it's over and not before and for us it is not over. We just do what we have to do as well as we can do it. Then we will see.

“I just want to play these three games and see what we get from them. I would love to have 97 points. Really.

“If we have them then we played an outstanding season and whoever wants to say whatever about us, I couldn't care less. Getting this amount of points would be really special but there is still a lot of work to do.”

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Liverpool's current total of 88 points is the club's highest tally in a season since Kenny Dalglish's champions bagged 90 over 40 games in 1987/88.

Only once before have the Reds ever accumulated more than their 27 league wins this term – in 1978/79 they took maximum points in 30 of their 42 games.

Alisson Becker is one clean sheet away from equalling Pepe Reina's club record of 20 Premier League shut-outs in 2005/06 and 2008/09.

There has been so much to admire about his side and the manner in which they keep on delivering results that Klopp has largely remained calm and composed on the touchline during the run-in. He's relaxed about what the coming weeks could hold.

“I am really fine because I really like how the boys respond,” Klopp said.

“It is a little bit like destiny. If someone wants us to be champions we will be champions, if not we will not.

“But the boys will not be the reason in a negative way. They do whatever they can and I love that.

“I couldn't appreciate that more because I know how difficult it is, especially in a league like this. Going to Cardiff and they fight for everything with everything and winning the way we won there is just impressive.

“We had a long period where it felt like we had to make an excuse and say sorry for not being like City. Oh sorry but there is only one City and there is only one Liverpool as well.

“The work rate of the boys is outstanding. For example after the game Neil Warnock said: ‘The work rate of your team is incredible. We played against City and wow they are good, but the work rate is unbelievable, the attitude and how they fight back and all that stuff.’

“There were plenty of situations where Cardiff had a counter attack and we were chasing the player with four players so that is incredible and that makes you a winner already before you win something. That is why I am so happy with the boys.”

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No wonder Klopp felt that the Reds could have had more than four players named in the PFA Team of the Year.

As it was only Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Sadio Mane were voted in by their peers.

"I really think what the boys did this year was incredible," Klopp added.

"It is just pushing ourselves to the next level, adapting to the different situations, learning from the mistakes we made last year, the mistakes we made this year, the away games in the Champions League group stage.

"To really learn you have to suffer from time to time and we really suffered a lot at Napoli.

"I had no explanation. It was one of the worst pressing games I ever had with the team. But having it is very important because you see it and you think that is still possible, so you need to remind and do something.

"The boys were always open. I am not even half ready to make an assessment of the season, but the boys deserved each of the 88 points they had so far and now we have to make sure we deserve the other nine as well.

"It will be difficult but, and others will not agree, but my team is the team is the year."