Can Liverpool still make the top four? Klopp gives his verdict

A third straight victory on Wednesday saw Liverpool climb up to sixth in the Premier League.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp feels his side isn’t a top-four contender right now, but hopes his players continue to ‘show our real face’.

On Wednesday, Liverpool made it three wins in a row. They came from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 in London. Cody Gakpo and Joel Matip scored the decisive goals to cancel out Lucas Paqueta’s opener.

The victory moved Liverpool into sixth in the Premier League table, six points behind the fourth-placed Manchester United – who have two games in hand – and Newcastle – who have a game in hand – in third.

“I can’t see the race yet, because we are not in position for a race,” Klopp said of Liverpool’s chances of snatching a Champions League spot for next season.

“The only thing we can do is win football games, if that puts pressure on other teams that’s not in our hands because we don’t play them [United and Newcastle].

“I want us to finish the season as good as somehow possible. I want us to take something out of this season for next year, if that is European competition, great, if not, we have to accept it as well and go from there.”

“I want us, at least for a few weeks, [to] show our real face,” Klopp added.

“Not the nice one, the ugly one, the nice one, the ugly one. It’s really tough to do that. So now we did it for kind of three games – three and a half, the second half against Arsenal was brilliant as well.”