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Jurgen Klopp Talks Title Race, Mamadou Sakho, Anfield and More on Sky Sports
- Updated: September 26, 2016
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp labelled the Premier League as the most competitive league in the world and said up to eight teams could have a chance of winning the title this season.
Klopp’s side thrashed Hull City 5-1 on Saturday—the Reds’ third top-flight win on the bounce—and moved into fourth spot in the Premier League table after six matches.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, the former Borussia Dortmund boss said he is happy with Liverpool’s current position in the table but insisted it is too early in the season to mean anything.
Klopp: “At this moment #LFC feels good!” https://t.co/6AR3NPU7Np
— Sky Sports MNF ⚽️ (@SkySportsMNF) September 26, 2016
Klopp praised the competitiveness in the league and commented on how different the 2016-17 season already is to last term, when Leicester City surprisingly triumphed:
It is very competitive, as always, but this year the biggest difference is maybe nobody was really happy last year apart from Leicester and with the positions, they all struck back and there was a big change in a lot of clubs in the summer with players, managers, all that stuff so there is a lot of quality in the Premier League. For sure, it is the most competitive league in world football.
Everybody asks which is the best league and I have no idea, but that seven or eight teams think they should be top of the table or top of …