'We are not 500 miles away from Man City'

Liverpool and Tottenham head into the clash with their confidence soaring, and the German coach thrilled with the Reds' clinical midweek performance in the Champions League.

Manchester City have made a flying start to the campaign, but Klopp believes his team are ready to click. "I don't compare City with us but I think everyone can see we are not 500 miles away."

"But they fly. It was so far a very decisive day when we lost 5-0 (on September 9). I thought we did OK", the Liverpool boss continued. "Dealing with a 5-0 defeat is not easiest thing, we did well, we didn't lose confidence but we were not that fluent and it was not like we could close our eyes and finish."

"They did exactly the opposite. I saw the Stoke goals, you see the shot from Fernandinho and you think, 'If it works, it works even like this'."

"They are a fantastic team and we don't have to compare, but it starts so early again with us having to apologise for the season so far because one team is flying."

"Yes, (Manchester) United is also in a really good position but we only can look at our own team and on the same day we cannot look what they do."

"They were good in the transfer market, they probably did exactly what they had to do. They way of football they play I would say is not something we are too far away from but to be as clinical as they have been so far?"

"We weren't. That' s the thing. We are still in the race, not with City in the moment because they have I don't how many points."

"We have all the other things. I don't say already we should only fight for top four place. Performance wise we are a team that should be there, but now we have to get the results."

"In the end we will see where it leads us but again it could be a good basis to build on for the next year. That's how it is."