Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Liverpool’s 13-point lead in the League is one of the most challenginging in history therefore his side will not complacent but remain focused and treat every game as it looms.

Liverpool brushed off Leicester City on Boxing Day by 4-0 at the King Power Stadium to extend their lead to 13 with a game in hand against West Ham United. Two goals from Roberto Firmino, James Milner and an outstanding performance from Trent Alexander Arnold which earned him the forth was the hallmark of the reigning World Club Champions.

Teams that have accrued such points during Boxing Day have gone ahead to win the trophy and Klopp does not want to fall victim as the only manager not to fulfil that quest.

When asked on how the 13 point lead makes him feel, the German told Liverpool FC.com, “it was 10, 11, now it’s 13. We actually don’t feel it, we don’t think about it, not at all,” he said.

“We didn’t mention it once before the game because it’s just not interesting. I can write the stories myself: the first story is that never before in the history of football, British football at least, has a team had a bigger lead and lost the lead. So that sounds in my ear negative, so why should we think about something like that? We are just focused on the next [games].

Liverpool will host Wolves at Anfield on Sunday before playing Sheffield United on New Year. They will then travel to Goodison for the Merseyside Derby. The manager addressed that the number is not important at a stage where there are high profile matches to be honored.

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“How I said, we play Wolves, Sheffield United, Everton, Tottenham, Manchester United in the next five games. That doesn’t sound like anything is decided in my ears, to be honest. We have to play all of them and we try with all we have to make sure we are ready. The number is absolutely not relevant to us,” he added.

Klopp highlighted on the impact of winning the FIFA Club World on the Liverpool team and explained that the victory was a test for his team considering the weather condition and the variations in the atmosphere.

“It was an experience, an interesting experience. We decided long ago we would go there and in the moment we arrived we realised it is really intense. The time difference of three hours doesn’t sound massive but we are there to do sports, so it is.

“The light is different, everything is different. We really suffered so I was happy we could do it like we did it. Again, we tried everything to leave some energy in the boys for the games and that worked out. We had a lot of problems, with Virg and all that stuff, Gini not available, [so] the boys did really well. In the end, we will see.

“We made the decision a while ago, we don’t really think about the things we have now, like the Champions League, Super Cup or Club World Cup - we want to talk about that much later in our lives. We are in the moment where we try to win a few things and afterwards we can think about how it felt,” he said.