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But their Premier League title push has faltered with a draw against Manchester United and a defeat by Crystal Palace and they were thrashed 3-0 by Atalanta in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final.
Liverpool are third in the Premier League, two points behind Manchester City and behind Arsenal on goal difference with six games left.
“Having the experience of being in a title race will be a massive part of getting over the line, but obviously Arsenal and Manchester City will have that from last season with their title race,” he told Gary Neville on The Overlap.
“I think Jurgen Klopp leaving at the end of the season will feed into the title run in.
The manager never says we’re trying to win the league, he doesn’t speak about it, but it’s more that we’re going to get the most out of ourselves, we’re going to squeeze every drop of potential there.
“There will be twists and turns no matter what, and I’m sure teams will try and win it, and we’ll come close to winning every single game between now and the end of the season, and we just hope we’re in the best position at the end of the season.” Liverpool face Atalanta in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday before Premier League games against Fulham and Everton.
I was thinking about this recently and the only thing you can ask for as a young player is an opportunity and what you can hope at 18/19, is that you’ve got a manager that’s willing to give you a chance, and I was fortunate enough to have that.
“Not only that, he put his arm around me and guided me through it, through the ups and downs, winning and losing games, and taking it game by game, because your first bad game you think you’re never going to kick a ball again, but he gives you that reassurance.”
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