'Far too early' for title race talk - Van Dijk

1. 'Far too early' for title race talk - Van Dijkpublished at 14:54

   
   

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   Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says it is "far too early" to talk about the Reds being a Premier League title race, despite Jurgen Klopp's side leading the table past the midway point of the season.

   Monday's 4-2 win over Newcastle put Liverpool three points clear at the top, although the four teams immediately below them are all within six points.

   "I'm not going to speak about any of this, I never did and I won’t do it now either," said the Netherlands centre-back when asked about the title race. "It's far too early to do that. We are at the start of January, we have players leaving now, we have players coming back from injury so let's see what it brings.

   "If in February or March we are still up there, obviously we have to get the last push going and see if we can squeeze it out, but for now we just focus on the game ahead, don't look at others and try to improve ourselves.

   "That's always been the experience and it brought us one success over the last six years to win the Premier League and hopefully we will see what happens at the end of the season."