Klopp praises Liverpool's 'fighting' qualities

Jurgen Klopp praised his Liverpool players' fighting qualities as the runaway Premier League leaders prepare to take on a team in the relegation zone for the third consecutive match.

Liverpool face second-bottom Watford on Saturday on the cusp of their 19th league win, which would set a new record in English football.

It follows hard-fought victories in the past two weeks against struggling Norwich and West Ham.

"We have to be 100 percent ready for these fights and that's what I love most about my boys, that they are ready to fight," Klopp said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

"It's not that when they realise in a game it's not the clicking day today that they then lose the desire or whatever.

"No, it's the other way around -- that we try it in a different way and try to find another way and that's really brought us in the position we are."
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"They have some problems. For Watford it was probably the start of the season. It's difficult, not a lot of points and then you have to make a turnaround."
"If we are difficult to play we have a chance to win. If we have a chance to win we should use it."
Last week Gerry Marsden (who sang the club's anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone") gave me that honour."