Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has informed his team-mates they can not afford to ease off after opening up a spot on the prime of the Premier League.
The Reds know that, no matter their end result at Southampton on Sunday, they are going to finish the weekend on the prime 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 aspect backside of the desk with just one league win to their identify this time period is clearly one Liverpool ought to be profitable, however greater 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 this point forward within the league now, however we don’t actually take into consideration that.
“We all know we are able to’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 making an attempt to get some wins.”
Kelleher, who is about to maintain his place in purpose within the continued absence of Alisson Becker, echoed the views of Slot in saying that Southampton are higher than their outcomes have urged.
“We as gamers and the workers as nicely know, we’re not foolish,” he mentioned.
“We all know how good they’re and the standard that these gamers have. I feel generally the outcomes don’t mirror the standard that’s within the precise group.
“You have to take each group on this league very critically or else you’ll find yourself not getting good outcomes.
“We’re going to arrange as if we’re taking part in a Man Metropolis or a Chelsea or an Arsenal. For groups like that we’re going to arrange 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 need from that marketing campaign within the present squad.
“There’s clearly I feel an enormous starvation in us to win extra trophies and actually compete on the highest degree,” he mentioned.
“Plenty 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 plenty of starvation on this new squad to realize these sort of issues. We all know we now have the standard, however we have to exit and present it. Undoubtedly there’s plenty of starvation all through the entire squad.”
