Dejan Lovren challenges Liverpool to become the next 'Invincibles' | OneFootball

Dejan Lovren believes that his Liverpool side can go the entire Premier League campaign without suffering defeat.

After last weekend’s 3-1 drubbing of Manchester United, the Reds are currently unbeaten through their first 17 matches of the new season.

“It (the United win) is a good result, I would say, for us,” the Croatian told reporters. “Hopefully we can be unbeaten until the end of the season.

“Of course it will be a challenge, but this is what we want. This is why we came here to Liverpool, because we know we can do it. Arsenal did it before, so why not?”

However, in order for Liverpool to accomplish their goal, they’ll have to first get past Manchester City, who remain just one point behind the Reds.

After drawing 0-0 in October, the two sides will meet again on 3 January at the Etihad.

Last season, City became the first Premier League side to reach 100 points, something even Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ couldn’t achieve (90 points).

“I’m not sure that they have any weaknesses,” Lovren said. “Last year they won by 19 points.

“They know how to manage even when they lose. They lost one or two games last year. Still, they managed to be 19 points ahead.

“It doesn’t mean anything. There are so many games in front of us and in front of them. It will be a tight race and it’s not only City. Tottenham are only a couple of points behind.

“You cannot sit and enjoy and say: ‘We are five or six points in front of everyone’. It doesn’t work like that. Every game, for us, is a final.

“Look, there’s a competition. This is what we want, but we don’t look at who is in front of us or behind us. It’s just about us.

“It’s more about how we train, how we do on the pitch, and the result will come. There are quite a lot of games still to go, but we go game by game.”