Klopp on why Liverpool have to be like “virgins” in the Champions League

Jurgen Klopp has explained why Liverpool have to go into this season’s Champions League campaign like “virgins” after defeat in Kiev back in May.

The German manager believes the Reds can learn a lot from their heartbreak against Real Madrid and can benefit this season from the experience.

“I think we got a lot of respect because of the way we played last season and I think everyone who saw the final saw that we could have won it against a side in a completely different moment, ” he said.

“They see the games we played. They saw City, they saw Rome, they saw Porto. They saw so many games which we played in a really good way. There was a lot of respect.

“It is a nice experience, it is a nice memory, but pretty sure it will help us in the moment, all that stuff, but at the end we have to start new – using the experience but not relying on it.

“The best way is when you are experienced you use your new knowledge and start again like a virgin if you want. Like a virgin…!”

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SEVILLE, SPAIN – Tuesday, November 21, 2017: Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino during the UEFA Champions League Group E match between Sevilla FC and Liverpool FC at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

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Liverpool were devastating in the Champions League last season, sweeping aside a number of top European clubs along the way to the final, and Klopp believes such emphatic victories have raised Liverpool’s stock ahead of this season’s competition.

“That is not too important for me but it is important for the club and the players,” Klopp added.

“The players we spoke to in the summer or a little earlier, they were different talks to those I had the previous year or before.

“In the moment, it is a different club to the club I joined when I came in.

“We are in the place where we want to be without being satisfied with anything. We are a challenger and we are a challenger again for pretty much everything, especially in each game.

“I don’t think there is any game in the world where you would say beforehand, ‘No chance Liverpool,’ which is good.”

Klopp will be looking for his side to start strongly in their new Champions League campaign when PSG arrive at Anfield tonight.

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