Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he is doubtful that Liverpool will secure Champions League qualification as fourth-placed Manchester United are unlikely to slip up in their last five matches of the Premier League season.
The Merseyside club’s five-match winning streak has lifted them up to fifth in the table, four points behind United who have a game in hand, but Klopp does not expect their rivals to drop points.
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“Other teams are in much better positions, as long as they win games we have no chance,” Klopp told reporters ahead of Saturday’s clash against ninth-placed Brentford.
“We have to keep teams behind us. We have 59 points and United has 63, so we can get 71 maximum [at the end of the season]. United needs eight points in five, from 15 [and] I think they will do that.
“We have enough to do with ourselves. Tomorrow, Brentford is a difficult game to play. We can control the whole game theoretically and one set piece can kill you.”
However, Klopp said they will squeeze everything out from the remainder of the season.
