Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool will face tough battle for top-four finish

Liverpool played out a draw against Chelsea on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge.
Jurgen Klopp’s men were left frustrated at the end of the game, as a single point has put a major dent in their hopes of making it into the Top Four of the Premier League.
With 43 points, Liverpool currently sits in the eighth position, seven points behind the UEFA Champions League spot. Jurgen Klopp finally addressed the big question, which has been dogging his team for quite some time.
“I don’t know if there is any chance, for that, we must win pretty much all the games and the other teams must lose a lot of games. It’s not in our hands, I cannot say, what can I say about that? It’s not important. If you would only be motivated at the highest level if somebody told us, ‘Oh, you have a chance for the top four…’ Then, if we are not fourth, then I want to be fifth, if we are not fifth, then we want to be sixth, so that’s what I want to be. For that, we have to win football games, because in the moment, I don’t even know where we are exactly. Eighth? Seventh? Ninth? I don’t know – it’s not interesting,” Klopp said in the post-match conference.
The next ten games will define Liverpool’s season, they are not a part of any competition, and if they fail to make it to the UCL spot, Liverpool could play in the UEFA Europa League with a squad that has the potential to win any trophy in front of them.
“We have another 10 games to play, and the next one is Arsenal. Not the other nine, I am not interested in [those games]. But the next one is Arsenal, so if we are difficult to beat against Arsenal, we can win this game.