Jürgen Klopp has urged Liverpool to “write a special story” by becoming champions in a manner that can make them proud when they are old. Liverpool can cut the gap to Manchester City to three points overnight with victory at Brighton on Saturday and play their game in hand on the leaders when they visit Arsenal on Wednesday. Klopp’s side were 14 points behind City in January but have won their past seven league games. They have a habit of finishing seasons strongly under the German and he is eyeing another improbable chapter in his reign. “We want to write a special story here, not only this year but in general,” he said. “If you want to look back later in life on very successful times, you should give absolutely everything now. We have no time and no points to waste. We have to keep going, that is clear, and if there is any kind of momentum we should keep it and work with it. “We cannot call it a title race because we are still behind but we have to win football matches but everybody is excited about having the opportunity to have a title race. So far the boys did really well and why should I think we can’t go on?” Klopp hopes Liverpool can benefit from their experience of high-pressure run-ins. “We don’t feel sorry for ourselves; not at all,” he said. “We are used to it. Last season when we wanted to qualify for the Champions League, we had to win all the games in the last weeks. We found ourselves quite frequently in similar situations. I don’t know why it always happens to us. There was one year where we were champions [with games to spare]. All the others were full throttle to the end.” Liverpool suffered only their third defeat in 53 matches in all competitions against Internazionale on Tuesday, albeit while progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals, and Klopp said: “I give usually after a game a little speech in the dressing room. Most of the time it is quite nice but I realised after the game I am in a better mood than the players. My first thought was we are through against tough opponents and their first thought was we lost.” Naby Keïta is set to bring up a century of Liverpool appearances on Saturday. The midfielder’s contract expires next year and although Klopp suggested there was no development in talks about a new deal, he sounded keen to keep him. “Naby’s future will be great,” he said. “He is an exceptional footballer. One hundred is an impressive number but it could have been more games because he is unfortunately sometimes injured. I think of the 100 games he played, 80 were really good ones and that is good.”