Jurgen Klopp has said his team have displayed their mental readiness to sustain a title run-in, having coped well in high-pressure situations over the past few years.
“Yes, there is pressure.
“There was pressure last year, a lot of pressure when we played Manchester City away in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and we dealt with it.
“There was pressure (in the Champions League semi-finals) at Rome, there was pressure in so many moments in the Premier League. We had to win each game.
“Will there be nervous moments? Yes, for sure. Don’t make them bigger than they are because there were nervous situations last year, two years ago, three years ago. That is part of football.”
“This club has not been champions for 29 years, so how can people sit there and watch it like (they are watching) City?” he said.
“I don’t know how often they have been champions in the last five or six years – ‘Yeah, one more, why not? Whatever.’
“It’s a different situation. We really, the people really, desperately want it, that is how it is, they really want it with all they have. I get that and we try with all we have. But there are no guarantees. I am not a nervous person.”
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