Jürgen Klopp says Liverpool want to play – ‘If we are tired, we don’t feel it’

Manager knows Cardiff City can be dangerous opponents but is relishing the excitement around Anfield in pursuit of Premier League and Champions League titles

Jürgen Klopp freely admits he does not get out much, no chatting with shoppers in supermarket queues or reliving games with neighbours at the end of the street, though he knows exactly how excited Liverpool followers are feeling at the moment.

“I know because all my life I have been a pure football supporter,” he says. “Nothing else, so I don’t need to read or hear it, it’s football. I know the city is buzzing and I can imagine people want to go and celebrate, to talk about how we are doing, but we are not part of that. We just have to make sure it stays like this and, believe me, that’s not a problem. I love the situation we are in. We want to play and, if we are tired, we don’t feel it. We want to be playing and winning, not sitting at home and hoping the others lose or whatever. We are really in a proper competition mood right now.”

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