Despite Liverpool scoring back-to-back victories, Jurgen Klopp is not yet considering pursuing a Champions League position.
According to manager Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool "have nothing to do" with the Premier League's top-four fight at the moment.
Despite having played one extra game, the Reds defeated Nottingham Forest 3-2 at Anfield on Saturday to close the gap to fourth-place Newcastle United to six points.
Despite showing signs of aging this week with back-to-back victories over Forest and Leeds United, Klopp does not think that now qualifying for the Champions League is possible.
Sincerely, we had nothing to do with the current top four, he admitted to BBC Sport. We'll check on that in a couple of weeks. We are powerless over the remainder.
"We take it one game at a time, and our next opponent is West Ham, who is very challenging. I'm glad we again earned a perfect score.
Liverpool will play three straight home games after their Wednesday trip to West Ham, giving them the chance to gain the momentum they have been lacking all season.
This season, the Reds have only had one streak of four or more victories, which ended around the turn of the year.
After goals from Diogo Jota were cancelled out by Neco Williams and Morgan Gibbs-White, Mohamed Salah's strike in the 70th minute secured the win against Forest.
The two goals scored by Forest came from long throw-ins, and Klopp acknowledges his team's performance against the relegation-threatened team was far from flawless.
With all the turmoil surrounding the throw-ins, which you have to strive to prevent, Klopp stated, "I liked that we stayed in the game."
"We weren't able to properly resolve too many situations, but aside from that, I'm really happy with a lot of things," the speaker said.
We conceded two goals far too easily, and in a game like this, ball control is crucial. You don't have to force it, but occasionally we did.
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