Liverpool defender Joel Matip believes they can
learn from the adverse results they suffered earlier this year and ensure a
strong finish to their Premier League campaign.
The Merseyside’s have
been knocked out of the FA Cup and League Cup while their league title bid has
faltered as they have dropped to fourth, 14 points adrift of leaders Chelsea
after just three wins in all competitions since December.
“You learn a lot in
negative moments and I believe that this can make us stronger as a team and as
individuals,” Cameroonian Matip told the club magazine.
Consecutive home
victories over second-placed Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, who are fifth, have
given Matip the belief that Liverpool can salvage their stuttering campaign.
“Of course, it’s nice
that we haven’t lost too many points when we have played against the leading
sides.
“But the fact is that
you only get three points for a win whether that is against the top team in the
division or the bottom,” Matip added.
“You cannot change the
past but you can influence the future — so that is the way we must look at it.”
On Sunday, Liverpool
host 12th-placed Burnley, one of five teams to inflict league defeats on
Juergen Klopp’s men this term, before visiting third-placed Manchester City on
March 19.
“The next game is
always the most important,” added Matip.
“We can look at the
Premier League table all we like now, but the only table that counts is the one
that is published at the end of the season.”
Fourth-placed Liverpool
occupy the final Champions League qualifying spot on 52 points, two points
ahead of Arsenal, who have played a game less.
They trail City, who
also have a game in hand on the Merseyside’s, by three points and Spurs by four
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