Klopp: Liverpool title contenders? Oh, please...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp adamantly played down expectations after his side came from behind to beat struggling Chelsea 3-1 on Saturday.

Despite conceding through Ramires in the early exchanges at Stamford Bridge, the Reds rallied - with Philippe Coutinho's equaliser just before half-time the catalyst.

Though Liverpool remain several points behind the leaders of the pack in the Premier League table, the performance prompted questions about their readiness to challenge for the title in Klopp's post-match press conference, to which the German responded derisively.

"Oh, please," he stressed.

"I was hoping that I don't understand the question. I've been here for three weeks and everybody should win the league! And only one can win the league. And all the others have pressure all year and then only one team will win the league. Do you think only because of one win against Chelsea, you should ask me this?

"We have many injuries, we have to play on Thursday, we have to play on Sunday, we have to go on... we won the first game away after how long? A long time. I was not here, I was on holiday when Liverpool won the last game away so that's it, that's the situation.

"I don't want to be unfriendly with you but of course we don't think about this. We think about the next game, improving our game and our style. We can do much better than today, much, much better. We have to do better but today we played our game, good win - let's go home."