Jurgen Klopp believes it’s NEVER been harder to win Premier League thanks to rampant Manchester City

For the football world, there is a growing feeling this could finally Liverpool’s time, the season to end their 29 year title drought.

But for manager Jurgen Klopp, despite his faith in his squad and the belief the team has never been better, the harsh reality is that it has NEVER been harder to triumph in the Premier League.

Not only is there the small matter of a City side who scored 106 goals in securing 100 points in what became a Champions’ procession… but also intense competition beyond that.

And he should know. He was the Dortmund manager who shattered Bayern Munich hegemony to win back to back Bundesliga titles. But for Klopp, repeating that feat in England is much, much harder.

“Yeah, the Premier League (is harder) for sure. if you could beat Bayern it was good because usually they had won all their other games,” he explained.

“That will not happen here. Even City couldn’t do that last year. They got 100 points but that was a rare thing to do. You have to be ready for every single game, in the Premier League there is no easy game.

“But I’m not interested too much in the difficulties of our challenge, I’m really working on the solutions and to ensure we are ready for all these games.”

For Klopp, who entertains Brighton this weekend in a game he says “is the opposite of easy”, the problem is not just that City look even more financially powerful and dominant than Bayern did.

It is the fact that even if Liverpool do manage to close the 25 points they finished behind the Champions last season, there are other almost as intimidating sides ready to steal in and lift the trophy.

“We could only play Bayern twice in a season, so we were never chasing Bayern, just trying to beat the others as often as possible,” he added.

“But where we have more teams like this (as strong as them). If City isn’t the No 1 then there will be others going for it.

“I really think Tottenham will have a brilliant season. They are together still and have a fantastic manager.

“A few other teams have a big chance too. Chelsea look really positive, Arsenal not a good start but that will change.

“So don’t look at the others, it doesn’t help you. You only have a problem with them twice over the course of the year. Just try to beat them in those two games and then beat the others as often as possible.”

Klopp though, insisted that since the players returned to training forom their summer break, he has seen nothing from them other than a desire and confidence they can go one better than last season and finally lift a trophy: “I see no signs from anybody where body language has changed.

“The fellas from last year have a few nice experiences on their back but I only see that they want to try again, to try to improve and try to play an outstanding Premier League season and a fantastic Champions League campaign as well as the cups. That’s the plan at this moment.”