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Glenn Price, Liverpool correspondent 7y

Robert Lewandowski: Liverpool will fight for title under Jurgen Klopp

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has told Goal believes "father figure" Jurgen Klopp can guide Liverpool to the Premier League title this season.

The Poland international striker worked with Klopp at Borussia Dortmund before he joined rivals Bayern under Pep Guardiola in the summer of 2014.

Liverpool currently lie just two points adrift of league leaders Manchester City, and Lewandowski feels the Reds' lack of European football can only benefit them in the title race.

"Under Klopp I think they will be fighting for the title this season," the 28-year-old said. "Pep and Manchester City will not make it easy for anybody to win the title, but Liverpool have a real chance.

"Without European football it can really help them with being fresh for games and with injuries and, even though Klopp is always smiling, he is ruthless enough to take advantage of that."

Lewandowski says he sees similarities in the team Klopp put together at Dortmund, which went on to win two Bundesliga titles and reach the Champions League final in 2013.

"I have watched some Liverpool games since the arrival of Klopp, and you can see that the players are enjoying playing for him," he added.

"As a player you know that he totally has your back, he is like a father figure and, because you have that trust in him as a player, it makes you totally open to his methods and his ideas which, in the long term, you always see are for the benefit of your game and for the team."

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