Published 17:22 IST, December 3rd 2019
Liverpool belief is sky-high, says Oxlade-Chamberlain
Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says the Premier League leaders are going into every game believing they can win after racking up 13 victories
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Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxle-Chamberlain says Premier League leers are going into every game believing y can win after racking up 13 victories in 14 games. Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten side have dropped just two points this season and established an eight-point vant over second-placed Leicester. But even pressure of maintaining ir winning run, which appears to grow with every game for a club searching for ir first league title since 1990, has t affected mentality within club, according to Oxle-Chamberlain.
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"I'm going into it (a game) with mindset that we're going to win. I think that's how we all feel," England international told PA news ncy.
"We're going into games expecting ourselves to win and anything else we're disappointed with."
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He ded: "I think that's mentality you need to be successful, to have those high standards that thing else is acceptable. n you've got to let history take its course."
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Liverpool are firm favourites to end ir title drought but midfielder Oxle-Chamberlain said y needed to remain mentally strong. "You've got to just keep going out and churning out results," he said. "re might be a time where results don't go so well and people maybe close gap a little bit. "We've got to be also rey for those moments mentally as a team to just keep going and see what happens." Liverpool's next match is Merseyside derby at home to struggling Everton on Wednesday, with Reds unbeaten against ir local rivals at Anfield since 1999.
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But Klopp's side have t kept a clean sheet at home all season and are without suspended first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker. "I don't think we're leaking los of goals but probably just a few little silly mistakes here and re all over pitch," said Oxle-Chamberlain. "But even when we have been conceding, we're still finding a way to come up with goods and most of time at minute it's been winning game."
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17:16 IST, December 3rd 2019