Jurgen Klopp on Neymar, Mbappe and game against PSG

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists his side will not rest on their laurels as they prepare for a huge European clash with PSG on Wednesday night.

The Merseyside club progress to the Last 16 of European high-key competition with a victory and Klopp urged his side to be ‘brave’ in their approach.

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Speaking following the news that Neymar and Mbappe are both fit, Klopp said: “They were never in my mind games, to be honest.

“The players [Neymar and Mbappe] left the pitch a week ago injured and I am actually pleased for them that they are not serious, especially Kylian with what could have happened in a situation where you go down like this. So that’s it, we always expected them to play.

On Sadio Mane being fit, Klopp added: “Sadio was on the plane, so if nothing happened when I left the plane and went for one-and-a-half hours to the press conference… when I saw him last he was fine.”

The German boss was adamant the fixture will be ‘interesting’ and urged his side to go for ‘everything’ on offer tomorrow night.

“I have no clue, to be honest, that’s what I love most about football,” Klopp said. “Two very ambitious teams will face each other in a very, very interesting competition, in an interesting situation in the group because we brought Belgrade back in the group [by losing in Serbia], so we go for everything and that’s how football should be. Very often when you see groups after the draw you know immediately who will go through.

“The first two are pretty clear most of the time, but in this group, it was clear from the beginning it was a difficult one and that’s it. We are here, we didn’t ever think negatively about it, we were looking forward to the game in Paris.

“We don’t play here very often and it’s a big task. It’s just really exciting and the more difficult it is, the more I enjoy the preparation because you have to think about pretty much everything: how to defend this and that, how to avoid this and that, and how to play football yourself because that’s the most important thing.

“It is a thing Paris is not used to that much in the league because they are so dominant – we have to make sure that they are not that dominant against us.

“When we have our possession we [have to] do something smart with that. That’s all in two training sessions, actually one, today.

“The weather was not too good in Liverpool but the boys were 100 per cent focused for 60, 70 minutes on the pitch, fully concentrated and hopefully you can see that tomorrow night.”

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