The narrow victory came just four days after the Reds missed out on the chance to move nine points clear as they were denied maximum points against Everton.

“If you’re not ready for it, it will be a difficult couple of months for you but I feel like we as a team are ready for it.

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A win at Villa Park on Wednesday will see Liverpool move 10 points clear of Arsenal, albeit having played a game more due to Carabao Cup final involvement.

“I don’t know about that, because I don’t know how others would think,” added the Liverpool captain.

“It is difficult to say; certain players in our team might watch other teams but it is not going to help you

“But we have to put all our energy in only ourselves and that is hard enough already – you saw how Wolves made it difficult for us in the second half and on Wednesday it will be very difficult again.


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