The Liverpool manager sees progress versus Man City

Injuries, suspensions, losing their form, integrating new players, and unpredictability behind the scenes have all presented challenges for Liverpool during an already challenging season, the diversion, however, over which they had no control, has now vanished. And now that the World Cup has ended, Jurgen Klopp is eager to go to work on getting Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League.

After a warm-weather training camp in Dubai, the Reds will continue their Premier League campaign Thursday evening at Aston Villa in an effort to close the seven-point deficit to the top four, Even though they lost 3-2 to Manchester City on Thursday, ending their run as Carabao Cup champions, Klopp is far more optimistic now than he was at the beginning of the season.

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The Reds manager explains, "All the indicators I got in the Dubai training camp were incredibly positive. I noticed a lot of promising indicators (against City),"If you want to be extremely harsh, there were times when we could have performed better but we must remember the role we played. It was a surprisingly good game, and I have faith in our procedures and our work. 

I don't see any reason not to be optimistic if every indication you receive is positive, "Pre-season was very different than this. entirely different Even though we lost to Lyon (3-1 in a friendly), all the games I watched showed that we were making progress. AC Milan was excellent in every facet of the game, and Liverpool defeated them 4-1.

Won their previous four games

Instead of starting again at the beginning of the season, I am certain that we can continue where we left off, with a game remaining, Liverpool, who had won their previous four games, resumes play 15 points behind league-leading Arsenal. With two games remaining in January of the previous season, they were 14 points behind Manchester City before eventually reducing the gap to just one point.