Wijnaldum: We can handle the pressure

Georginio Wijnaldum believes Liverpool are now a side who can handle the pressure of the title race.

The Dutchman played the full match on Sunday as Liverpool overcame Tottenham at Anfield thanks to a fortuitous own goal from Toby Alderweireld.

And with only six games left to play, Wijnaldum thinks the Reds have what it takes to see the job through to the end.

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“We will see. I hope so. What I feel in the team is that everyone is quite comfortable with the situation we’re in,” he told Liverpoolfc.com.

“We always have to wait until when [we have to show] we can handle the pressure – until now it’s going well so we have to keep it like that.”

On lucky playing a part on Sunday, Wijnaldum added: “At times, you really need it. Every team during the season needs luck, especially if you play for things.

“There were also moments in the season where we didn’t have the luck we’ve had now and that cost us points. It’s good to be on the other side, where the luck is, and win this game.

“After their goal, I thought we started to play football again and do better; they still had chances because we were searching for 2-1.

“They had counter-attacks where they had really good chances but those things happen when you play to score a goal, especially the way we were playing the spaces were really big and they have quality players to use that.

“We were lucky that they didn’t score a goal and, in the end, we scored.”

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