Klopp: Season getting more intense

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says the Premier League season is increasing in intensity as the testing festive schedule approaches. 

"It's getting more intense because of the games we have in December," he told liverpoolfc.com. "We need to be ready for Sunderland." 

The Reds sit second in the table ahead of Saturday's home match against the Black Cats, the first of seven PL matches before the turn of the year for Liverpool.

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