Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri said that his team is not concerned with the results of their Premier League title race rivals and are only concerned about their own results. Liverpool are in a very strong position to register their first league win in nearly three decades.
They are currently at the top of the table with 61 points. However, Manchester City are just two points behind them while Tottenham Hotspur are just three points behind.
Shaqiri told Liverpool’s official site that his team is unfazed with the results of their opponents. The Swiss winger said, “We don’t want to look to the other clubs – we just look to ourselves. We take it game by game, try to win games, to be successful.
We work hard every day and have fun together – that’s very important in training, to enjoy the time when we are working hard. Then we go into the game to try to win it, to try to produce good performances.
It’s been very important; to be together as a team is so important. When you want to be successful, every player has to give everything to the team. We win games as a team, we lose games as a team – everything we do is together. It’s a very nice group, a good group – a funny group. I am enjoying every day working with them, trying to improve myself and trying to improve the team.”
Speaking about tonight’s encounter against West Ham, Shaqiri said, “West Ham have made a few transfers and have new players with experience. It is always tough to play against them, but every team has their weaknesses too.
The manager will give us the information on how we need to play – and the right information to try to win the game.”
Shaqiri feels that his former Stoke City teammate and West Ham talisman Marko Arnautovic will pose a threat to Liverpool. Shaqiri said, “He is playing with his physicality, he is a strong guy. He has a good shot and is a dangerous player against every team. But we have good defenders and I hope they will be able to deal with the threat. We need a good performance to try to win the game there.”
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