Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp sends message to Premier League rivals ahead of weekend action

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claims he's not fussed about what his rivals think

The Reds are top of the table and have been in scintillating form.

But the charismatic German insists he's not bothered by the opinions of rival clubs.

He told Goal: “Of course, it’s better that they think something like this, than they say ‘thank God it’s Liverpool at the weekend, so quite an easy game.'

"But in the end it’s not a big value for us, what other teams think about us - it’s good and it’s positive but not too important.

"The main thing is that we actually think about ourselves, ‘yeah, we are quite a good team.’

Jurgen Klopp has helped steer Liverpool to the top of the Premier League

"We have big expectations on ourselves and I’m not pessimistic, I’m really optimistic but I don’t like to make these positive assessments all the time and say ‘we are really good - my god, how good are we?’

"I know about the problems we could have in the future, and we need to stay in the race.

Jurgen Klopp joined Liverpool after managing Borussia Dortmund

"It’s not about celebrating each time like ‘my god, that was so fantastic!’

"It’s a kind of sign and a kind of confidence we need to have that we celebrate it in the moment, then we accept this is normal - this is our quality and what we expect.”

The Reds lock horns with Southampton at St. Mary's on Saturday.