Numbers mean nothing to Liverpool as they close in on long-awaited title

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Manager Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool’s incredible numbers mean nothing to him or his team as they remain focused on ticking off the individual victories which will bring a long-awaited title back to Anfield&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An impressive second half saw his side beat Southampton 4-0 to make it 100 points from the last 102 available and 20 successive home league wins with an unbeaten Premier League run extending to 395 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They set another top-flight record by finishing Saturday 22 points ahead of second-placed Manchester City&comma; the biggest gap in history at the end of a day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The only other team to have 20 or more point lead since 1888 was Manchester City &lpar;over Manchester United&rpar; in May 2018 and it lasted 24 hours and stayed at 19 points for what little remained of the season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liverpool set their mark on February 1 after racking up 24 wins and one draw in their opening 25 matches and need just seven more wins to guarantee a first domestic championship in 30 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But facts and figures&comma; records and history&comma; do not matter to Klopp&period; For him it is only about the next match – which in the league is against Norwich on February 15 as they now go into their maiden mid-season break&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We don’t look at that number&comma; that’s true&period; The game we lost &lpar;prior to the unbeaten&rpar; period was at Manchester City&comma;”<&sol;em> said the Reds boss&comma; referring to their only Premier League loss &lpar;in January 2019&rpar; since May 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We could say we lost it because of 11 millimetres &lpar;how far goalline technology ruled Sadio Mane’s shot was from wholly crossing the line&rpar; or whatever&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ points from the last 1️⃣0️⃣2️⃣ available&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This team 🙌 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;C06jKL7K9Z">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;C06jKL7K9Z<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Liverpool FC &lpar;&commat;LFC&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LFC&sol;status&sol;1223689101125222404&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">February 1&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was a really tight game&comma; so imagine if we would have drawn that day and then I don’t know what the number would be then of how many games we didn’t lose or whatever&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I promise you I don’t lie&colon; we don’t feel it&period; We just don’t feel it&period; It doesn’t feel a second like it’s really special&comma; it just feels the hardest work&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s why I am so happy the boys can go now for a week somewhere else&comma; do what they have to do to come back recharged&comma; refreshed&period; Then we prepare for Norwich and the rest of the season&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s the only thing I know and all the rest we have to see&period; So many things can happen in football&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have to use the skills of the boys&comma; we have to use the character of the boys&comma; we have to use the power of this club and especially of this stadium&period; It is our duty to win football games and that’s what we’ve tried now for a while&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s the only thing I know and all the rest we have to see&period; So many things can happen in football&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have to use the skills of the boys&comma; we have to use the character of the boys&comma; we have to use the power of this club and especially of this stadium&period; It is our duty to win football games and that’s what we’ve tried now for a while&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Another great day at Anfield&excl; Time for a little break now to recharge the batteries 🔋 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;YNWA&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;YNWA<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;WmpaBGCmyL">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;WmpaBGCmyL<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Jordan Henderson &lpar;&commat;JHenderson&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;JHenderson&sol;status&sol;1223704427225325568&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">February 1&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liverpool were made to work hard during the opening 45 minutes against Southampton&comma; who probably should have been ahead at the break considering the number of chances they created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But when none of them went in it was only a matter of time before Klopp’s red machine kicked into gear and after ex-Liverpool striker Danny Ings was denied a penalty at one end Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain&comma; also against his former club&comma; scored immediately at the other&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jordan Henderson fired home a second to give them breathing space and Mohamed Salah’s double in the final 20 minutes put the gloss on a sparkling second-half showing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the scoreline Southampton boss Ralph Hassenhuttl was pleased with his side’s performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I enjoyed every minute from my team&period; 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