"How did we beat this team?" .. Club is fascinated by Liverpool's achievement and does not wish to lose Manchester City

Jurgen Klopp, Premier League leader Liverpool coach, expressed his amazement at his team's 20-point lead over strong Manchester City, noting that he is not considering the possibility of catching Pep Guardiola's team in the Reds.

Klopp said he saw City win 5-0 against Burnley on Monday, and was surprised by the team's dominance of the match despite Guardiola's 8 changes to the starting lineup, highlighting the depth of his squad.

Liverpool are scheduled to meet City on the second of next month, after Guardiola's confrontation with Chelsea, at which time the title can be decided seven rounds before the end, but Klopp said his focus is now on facing Crystal Palace tomorrow, Wednesday.

"What I realized when I watched yesterday's game is: How can a team beat 20 points over this team (City), I can't imagine it happening," the German coach told a remote news conference today.

"I am not thinking about whether City could catch up with me, but my focus is on the Crystal Palace match. I focus only on what we will do in the next match and not on what City does."

"I watched their match because we will meet them within 9 days, and they are not hoping they will lose. I wanted to lose them last season to Leicester, but this did not happen, so I stopped that," Klopp added.

City beat Liverpool and clinched the title last season by one point, and the turning point was City's difficult 1-0 win over Leicester in the penultimate match.

Crystal Palace was the last team to beat Liverpool in the League at Anfield, in 2017.

Veteran coach Roy Hodgson's team won the game in 4 consecutive games.

"Roy is doing a great job with his team," Klopp said. "The team is really organized at the highest level, it's also physically strong and well prepared. Crystal Palace has played 4 consecutive games without shaking their nets. These are all positive things from their point of view, but we have our goals that we want to achieve. ".

Klopp confirmed the duo of Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, but James Milner and Joel Matip will not be ready for the match.