Jurgen Klopp saw his Liverpool players practising what they preach in the Tottenham dressing room last week.
The Reds took their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 21 games this season as Roberto Firmino scored the only goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last weekend.
Klopp’s men are now 13 points clear at the top of the table, with two games in hand over their nearest rivals Manchester City .
But rather than being impressed with that his side did on the pitch, Klopp realised that the likes of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and co don’t just speak in platitudes when they talk in the media.
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“The world around us constantly speaks of conclusions and outcomes,” Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com. “This is the world we live in, but we personally don’t indulge in hypotheticals. We cannot afford to. Look beyond the next game before you play it and I promise you that the performance will suffer.
“I am blessed with a dressing room that gets it.
“You will see the interviews with our players and I’m sure there are a fair number who think: ‘ah come on, of course they have to say this, but you believe differently’.
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“But I see it in them, this outstanding focus and attitude. I don’t just hear it, I see it in the dressing room at Spurs.
“We knew it was a big result, but we all knew all we had won was three points. To be honest, winning the three points is enough in these moments because it’s the maximum we can win.
“We also knew there were elements of the game that served as a warning for us.
“Warnings can be good if you treat them as lessons. So you see it, you learn from it, and you work to improve.
“That is what I saw in the away dressing room at Tottenham. A set of players who know the next performance needs to be better than the last. I love this.”
