Liverpool are not '500 miles away' from Manchester City, claims Jurgen Klopp ahead of Tottenham trip

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Jurgen Klopp has boldly claimed Liverpool are not '500 miles away' from Manchester City and believes his side's season is finally ready for lift-off.

The showpiece game of this Premier League weekend takes place at Wembley on Sunday and both Liverpool and Tottenham head into the collision with their confidence soaring.

Klopp was thrilled with the clinical manner his players put seven goals past Maribor in Slovenia on Tuesday, the same night Mauricio Pochettino's team came of age against Real Madrid.

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool are not '500 miles away' from league leaders Manchester City

Roberto Firmino was among the goals as Liverpool thrashed Maribor on Tuesday night

Pochettino startled Madrid with unexpected tactics to subdue them and has an idea in mind to keep Liverpool's forward line of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho - who is once again the subject of stories linking him to Barcelona - in check. 

Klopp, though, is unfazed about what the Argentine has in mind because he feels Liverpool are ready to click. 

City may have made a blistering start to the campaign with the best goal return after eight games since 1894 but Klopp's confidence in his own attack is unflinching and he is adamant they can go to any venue and impose themselves, just as Guardiola's team have been doing.

'I don't compare City with us but I think everyone can see we are not 500 miles away,' said Klopp. 

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain celebrates scoring Liverpool's sixth in a 7-0 win in Slovenia

Jordan Henderson goes through the motions as he aims to return to the starting linenup

'But they fly. It was so far a very decisive day when we lost 5-0 (on September 9). I thought we did OK. 

Dealing with a 5-0 defeat is not easiest thing, we did well, we didn't lose confidence but we were not that fluent and it was not like we could close our eyes and finish. 

'They did exactly the opposite. I saw the Stoke goals, you see the shot from Fernandinho and you think, "If it works, it works even like this". 

'They are a fantastic team and we don't have to compare, but it starts so early again with us having to apologise for the season so far because one team is flying. 

'Yes, (Manchester) United is also in a really good position but we only can look at our own team and on the same day we cannot look what they do. 

Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino has his arms folded as he listens to instructions

Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum sees the funny side of things in training

'They were good in the transfer market, they probably did exactly what they had to do. They way of football they play I would say is not something we are too far away from but to be as clinical as they have been so far? 

We weren't. That' s the thing. We are still in the race, not with City in the moment because they have I don't how many points. 

'We have all the other things. I don't say already we should only fight for top four place. Performance wise we are a team that should be there, but now we have to get the results.

'In the end we will see where it leads us but again it could be a good basis to build on for the next year. That's how it is.'