Jurgen Klopp has repeatedly played down his interest in setting a new Premier League points record, but that hasn’t stopped Trent Alexander-Arnold wanting to make history.
Liverpool need three wins from their four remaining games this season to surpass the 100 points Manchester City earned en route to the title in 2017-18.
Asked about that prospect after his team earned a 3-1 victory over Brighton on Wednesday, Klopp insisted he dare not look so far ahead.
However, Alexander-Arnold has not been so shy, and has set his sights on winning all four fixtures - a return that would set a new benchmark of 104 points.
“It is historic and probably something people haven’t seen before, but it just shows how good we’ve been over the course of the season and how consistent we’ve been,” he told the club’s official website.
“We’ve worked hard to be able to set these type of records. We want to keep pushing, we want to keep winning and go into every game with the confidence and belief in ourselves that we can win and we should win.
“So it’s about our mentality now in the last four games and making sure we go into them with the right mentality knowing that next season is going to be tough for us.
“After we won the league I think that is the main one we wanted to go after, making sure we are remembered as a historic team in the Premier League and making sure that it’s a season people will never forget.
“I think there’s no better way to do that than to set a points record that people will find hard to achieve, so it’s something that we want to do.
“We want to push ourselves, we’ve got four games left… why not go for the full 12 and see how far we can get. Like I said, our focus is on our mentality and making sure that we are right going into these last four.”
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Liverpool’s last outing featured a full Premier League debut for another right-back moulded in the club’s academy, Neco Williams.
The Welshman lasted just 45 minutes before being withdrawn as a result of a yellow card, but Alexander-Arnold has no doubts over his quality.
“He’s a young lad, he’s someone that has shown signs over the last 12 months of being someone with huge potential and I think he’s deserving of the chance he got,” he added.
“It’s a night he’ll never forget, a first start in the Premier League, rightfully so - he’s deserved it with the way he’s trained and evolved over the last 12 months.
“The way he’s developed has been incredible to watch so I think if he can learn lessons from tonight and keep pushing on he’ll definitely be getting a few more chances.”