Klopp doesn't care about Christmas top spot for Liverpool

Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp says he does not care about being top of the Premier League at Christmas as he prepares his Liverpool team for a hectic few weeks.

Liverpool, who finished a single point behind champions Manchester City last season, travel to Bournemouth on Saturday with an eight-point lead over Leicester.

City are a further three points adrift.

A win on the south coast would mean Liverpool cannot be caught before December 25.

Only three times in the past 11 years has the top-placed team at Christmas failed to go on to win the title -- and on every occasion it was Liverpool, including last year.

Klopp, targeting Liverpool's first English top-flight title for 30 years, said he was not interested in such numbers.

"There are a lot of people who celebrate already, a lot of people who worry still and a lot of people who hope that we will still fail so that's it," he said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

"I don't listen to (any) of them, to be honest. So I'm completely fine. We want to try and win at Bournemouth.