Jose Mourinho has advised Jurgen Klopp to be ‘honest’ with his Liverpool players if they are to pip Manchester City to the Premier League title. The former Manchester United and Chelsea manager believes the German should deliver it straight to his under-performing squad, who have drawn five of their last seven matches in all competitions. Their latest 0-0 draw with Everton saw them slip off their perch at the top of the Premier League, with Pep Guardiola’s defending champions taking a slender one-point lead.

Mourinho believes the title race is still wide ‘open’ and offered some advice to Klopp on how to handle this difficult situation. ‘It’s never easy and of course, the personality of the manager is very important,’ he told BeIN Sports. Klopp reacts to Everton draw Play Video Loaded: 0%Progress: 0% Play Mute Current Time 0:00 / Duration Time 6:42 Fullscreen Jurgen, I don’t know him personally well enough like I do some other managers, but it looks from the outside that he’s a positive person – happy guy that has some contacts with the players, he’s very tactile. He’s very supportive. I think he’s going to make them believe what we also believe: that’s it’s open. It’s not closed. The city is not championed: it’s open. ‘He’s trying to prepare them and I think the best way to prepare sometimes is to be really honest. To be honest.


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