JURGEN KLOPP has sensationally claimed that Chelsea are his favourites to win the Premier League this season after their superb start.
The Liverpool boss reserved special praise for the ‘great’ players and large squad available to Frank Lampard – but also stressed his own team are fully focused on performing consistently.
Chelsea moved to the top of the table after their 3-1 win over Leeds on Saturday and remain unbeaten in their last nine league games.
The result, which was watched by a returning 2,000 supporters in west London, meant that the Blues edged one point ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham, who are both back in action on Sunday.
Klopp said: ‘If I watch games then I see that Tottenham are obviously doing pretty well, that Chelsea for me in the moment look like the favourites.
‘They have the bigger squad, great players, they’re playing well. Now they are full
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