Jurgen Klopp shrugs off talk of Liverpool's top-four chances

Jurgen Klopp had no interest in talking about Liverpool's top-four chances as he reflected on a 'deserved' 1-0 win over league leaders Leicester.

Christian Benteke, on as a first-half substitute, scored the only goal of the game at Anfield on Boxing Day as the Reds recorded their first win in four games.

But asked about the prospect of Liverpool finishing in the Champions League places, Klopp said: "You cannot believe how uninteresting this is for me at this moment.

"We don't have to dream, there is no time, we cannot even celebrate a win. We cannot really feel bad after a defeat, because we don't have time, we always have to stay up and be concentrated on the next game.

"Talk about it all you want, I'm not interested in this moment."

As for Benteke, Klopp was pleased with how the striker did having been forced to come on without having the chance to warm up properly after Divock Origi pulled up suddenly.

"For Christian, it was really, really difficult for him to come into the game," he said. "Second half, he was brilliant for the team."

As for the match as a whole, the former Borussia Dortmund boss believes his side were worthy winners.

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"It was deserved, I think we made a game which we should make in these circumstances against this opponent, with the wind, the pressing of the opponent and all these things," Klopp added.

"First half hour, I was really pleased with what we did, then we had to change.

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"At half-time, we knew that if we stayed concentrated then we'd get our chances because the players looked good, it was not too intensive for us in the first half, we could do more in the second half.

"We made this one goal and after all the set plays of Leicester, especially the long throw-ins from Christian Fuchs, it was difficult, close and not easy to defend but we did it and that's good.

"We deserved the three points I think."