Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp confident transfer targets will want to join club

Antonio Conte’s side sit six points adrift of Liverpool in third, with one game in hand.

Victory for Chelsea would be their 50th top-flight win over the Reds.

Two years ago, Liverpool were chasing another European final and they had ignored their League position to end up outside of all European competitions for one year.

Surprisingly, Chelsea have not played a league game at home since drawing against West Ham nearly a month ago.

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Conte has no new injury worries ahead of the game, though David Luiz [knee] and Ethan Ampadu [ankle] remain long-term absentees.

The Blues will earn around €61m (£53.8m) in total, putting them above ManchesterCity’s €59m (£52m), Tottenham’s €57m (£50.2m) and Manchester United’s €37m (£32.6m). “It won’t be easy, but if we want to keep alive the hope, we have to try to win, to get three points on Sunday”.

Even more encouragingly, Liverpool overwhelmed City in the Champions League quarter-finals, blitzing them 3-0 at Anfield and then giving a masterclass in game management to take the second leg 2-1.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said that his club’s main target this season was to qualify for the Champions League next season, never mind win the competition in the current campaign. Liverpool had looked home and dry a few weeks back, but back-to-back draws with West Brom and Stoke arrived at an inopportune moment. He deserves this. It is not accidental that he already reached the final of the Champions League in 2013 with Borussia Dortmund. Chelsea are much better defending against sustained possession than the break, where their lack of defensive speed (Antonio Rudiger notwithstanding) is a major liability.