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Richard Garnett

Jurgen Klopp denies Man City claim as Liverpool boss deals with other 'problems'

Jurgen Klopp is only focused on who he can select to face Norwich City at Anfield on Saturday, not whether his side can catch Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

Liverpool currently lie second in the table, nine points behind champions City, albeit with a game in hand.

The Reds form has kept relative pressure on the league-leaders, but when asked in this afternoon's press conference as to what can be done to catch Pep Guardiola's almost flawless Sky Blues, Klopp described that as the smallest problem they have.

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He said: "There is actually a lot to fix here. With a game like the last one, with the intensity of it. There is one obvious one with Diogo (Jota) but with the rest, we don't know yet.

"We have to wait, with injuries you have to wait two days after the game. Are there niggles anywhere with the players and you cannot use them?

"We are not even at the point in this moment in time and I have no idea who we can line up.

"Yes, we should have good option, but we don't know.

"And from all the problems I have, the smallest one we have is what you said about City. There's no day in the week when I think about that. No minute actually, because this decision is already clear.

"We have only to win our football games and then we will see if we come close or not. That' pretty much everything on that.

"On the other side, we fight for a Champions League spot, which for this club is incredibly important, so for that we need to win games.

"If we want to go further in the cup competitions or win the cup then we have to win football games.

"It's actually always the same solution. You solve all of the problems with winning football games and that's why that is really the only thing we are thinking and talking about.

"It has always been like this and in this moment it is like this as well."

Striker Jota is certain to miss the 3pm Anfield with Norwich, due to an ankle injury sustained against Inter, but the in-form striker requires further assessment to determine the full extent of his inury.

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