LONDON: Jurgen Klopp has insisted Liverpool have no need to be at their 鈥渁ll-time best鈥� in order to clinch a first English league title in 30 years.

Premier League officials are now aiming to restart the season in mid-June, with Liverpool just two wins away from the title when the campaign was postponed on March 13 because of the coronavirus outbreak.

For so long the dominant force in English football, the Merseysiders have not been crowned domestic champions in the Premier League era, with the last of their league titles coming when they won the old First Division crown in 1990.

But as teams start returning to training, Liverpool manager Klopp has tried to ease any mounting pressure on his runaway leaders who are 25 points clear at the top.

鈥淔ootball is a game where everyone is pretty much in the same situation we play against another team and we don鈥檛 have to be at our all-time best we have to be at our best possible and that鈥檚 exactly the same for the other teams,鈥� he told the BBC鈥檚 Football Focus program.

鈥淲henever we will start we will have had the same time for preparation and our job was always, and always will be, to use the situation you are in. We will be in as good a shape as possible.鈥�

Meanwhile, the German boss said he was desperate to return to 鈥渘ormal life鈥� after an unexpected two-month break by getting back to Liverpool鈥檚 Melwood training base, where players will initially train in small groups.

鈥淟ockdown has been as good as possible; it鈥檚 not exactly what I want to do but it鈥檚 what we all have to do so we try to make the best of it,鈥� said Klopp.

鈥淲e started eight weeks ago and now you feel everyone is desperate to get back to a 鈥榥ew鈥� normal life.

鈥淚 have missed the boys the most because we have created a group there not only the boys but all the people at Melwood because we have a really good relationship and we became friends over the last four-and-a-half years.

鈥淲e see each other pretty often with Zoom and those things but it鈥檚 still not the same and going back to Melwood and doing all the things we usually do is something I really miss.鈥�

In another development, Watford manager Nigel Pearson has raised the possibility of a coronavirus-related death should the Premier League season resume amid the pandemic.

Pearson has doubts about 鈥淧roject Restart鈥� with much of Britain still in lockdown due to COVID-19.

鈥淕od forbid we have a fatality,鈥� he told The Times. 鈥淧eople are closing their eyes to the threat.

鈥淵es, we would like to restart it but it鈥檚 got to be safe. We should be cautious. To ignore possibilities is foolhardy. It鈥檚 about safeguarding people鈥檚 health.鈥�

Pearson, whose Watford side are presently above the relegation zone on goal difference alone, added: 鈥淲e have to try to believe (British government) advice that we鈥檙e being given that we鈥檝e reached the peak but there鈥檚 still an incredible number of people losing their lives through this.

鈥淭he death toll in the UK is anything between 33,000 and 38,000. That鈥檚 filling our stadium and then filling it half again. It鈥檚 a sobering thought.鈥�

Norwich captain Grant Hanley has become the latest Premier League player to express concerns about a resumption of the season, with Manchester City鈥檚 Raheem Sterling, Tottenham鈥檚 Danny Rose, on loan at Newcastle this season, and Brighton鈥檚 Glenn Murray having already voiced their worries.

鈥淚 think the overall feeling is that players have got concerns,鈥� Hanley told Sky Sports.

鈥淟ooking at the protocols for going back to training, I think that鈥檚 probably fair enough. But it鈥檚 just the next step after that, like where do we go from there? In terms of going back into contact training and games.

鈥淢y missus is pregnant and she鈥檚 due at the start of July, so there鈥檚 obviously worries there for myself.

鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing (in terms of the) sort of information being given to us on, for example, how do we travel to games? Where do we stay? What are the hotels? How can we guarantee hotels are going to be safe for us to be in?

鈥淯ltimately it鈥檚 putting your family at risk that is the main concern and that鈥檚 the worry I think all the teams will have at this minute in time.鈥�