Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has advised his team-mates they can’t afford to ease off after opening up a spot on the high of the Premier League.
The Reds know that, no matter their outcome at Southampton on Sunday, they are going to finish the weekend on the high of the standings after an excellent begin from new supervisor Arne Slot, who has nonetheless solely tasted defeat as soon as since taking up in the summertime.
A sport in opposition to a Saints facet backside of the desk with just one league win to their identify this time period is clearly one Liverpool needs to be profitable, however larger challenges await within the coming days with Actual Madrid due at Anfield within the Champions League on Wednesday earlier than Manchester Metropolis go to subsequent weekend.
“After this final worldwide break it’s fairly intense now clearly with us taking part in each three days just about,” Kelleher mentioned on the membership’s web site.
“We’re not going to take something as a right. I do know perhaps the surface is already making some noise about us being to date forward within the league now, however we don’t actually take into consideration that.
“We all know we will’t take our foot off the fuel for one second as a result of we’ll get punished. Our focus is on Southampton first after which attempting to get some wins.”
Kelleher, who is about to maintain his place in objective within the continued absence of Alisson Becker, echoed the views of Slot in saying that Southampton are higher than their outcomes have prompt.
“We as gamers and the workers as effectively know, we’re not foolish,” he mentioned.
“We all know how good they’re and the standard that these gamers have. I believe typically the outcomes don’t replicate the standard that’s within the precise workforce.
“That you must take each workforce on this league very critically or else you’ll find yourself not getting good outcomes.
“We’re going to organize as if we’re taking part in a Man Metropolis or a Chelsea or an Arsenal. For groups like that we’re going to organize the very same and provides it our all.”
Kelleher, who turned 26 on Saturday, has been at Liverpool for nearly a decade.
Though he doesn’t have a medal from their Premier League-winning season in 2019/20, having not made a league look that time period, Kelleher recognises the starvation and want from that marketing campaign within the present squad.
“There’s clearly I believe an enormous starvation in us to win extra trophies and actually compete on the highest degree,” he mentioned.
“Quite a lot of that squad has departed now so there’s not too lots of the squad in there who’ve tasted Premier League or Champions League success.
“There’s quite a lot of starvation on this new squad to attain these form of issues. We all know we now have the standard, however we have to exit and present it. Undoubtedly there may be quite a lot of starvation all through the entire squad.”
