Premier League: Liverpool\'s Robertson laughs off suggestions of Jurgen Klopp feeling pressure of title race



Premier League: Liverpool’s Robertson laughs off suggestions of Jurgen Klopp feeling pressure of title race

Jurgen Klopp (C) celebrates with Andrew Robertson after match between Liverpool and Bournemouth at Anfield

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After consecutive 1-1 draws against Leicester and West Ham allowed Manchester City to replace Liverpool as Premier League leaders, many suggested that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp may be under pressure of the Premier League title race.

Brushing off these rumors was Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson. The Reds returned to top spot with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.

Robertson has insisted that Klopp is not struggling with the pressure of the title race and says that the former Borussia Dortmund boss has been a calming influence at Anfield.

Concerns were raised after Klopp was involved in a heated discussion with Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini after the teams drew at the London Stadium.

"He has been calm and the backroom staff has been a different class. They are the team behind the team and they are the ones who keep us going and positive” Robertson said.

"When people say he is nervous or we are nervous it couldn't be further from the truth. He's probably been more 'smiley'. He is just trying to get us going and it's obviously worked.

"In terms of the players we've not seen any difference in any of the staff and that feeds into the players and we've not changed; whether we draw, win or lose it doesn't change.

"It's a relaxed training ground and it is all about winning games. The only thing we get annoyed about - not nervous about - is that we want to win every game.

"If we have a bad result we use that to put in a positive performance the next game and that's what we've done.

"Since Monday (at West Ham) we've studied this (Bournemouth) game. We wanted to have a clean sheet and we wanted to get some goals back in and it could have been a lot more (than 3-0)."

Liverpool will next face Bayern Munich on January 19, and Robertson believes the win over Bournemouth has helped calm the fans.

"I don't think it's a message to any other team or anything," said Robertson. "But it's maybe a message to our fans and everyone connected to the club that we're here.

"We fought for everything and got the result that we needed."