Klopp will not contact Gerrard ahead of Aston Villa’s clash with Manchester City

insists he will not be contacting club great Steven Gerrard to offer words of encouragement ahead of the climax to a thrilling Premier League title race.

Liverpool complete the campaign at home to Wolves on Sunday, hoping Gerrard’s Aston Villa can do them a major favour away to leaders City. Liverpool knew only victory at St Mary’s would keep up the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s men and were stunned by a superb early opener from Nathan Redmond. “It will be hard enough and if our head is somewhere else that would make it even more of a tough challenge.”Defeat against Liverpool was an eighth in 11 league games for the 15th-placed Southampton, including five in six on home soil.

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