Missing out on the Premier League title on the last day of the season has given Liverpool an additional an edge heading into the Champions League final, manager Juergen Klopp said.
Liverpool fought against eminent loss to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 at Anfield however City hit back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa and secure consecutive titles.
Liverpool, who have proactively won the League Cup and FA Cup, could add a seventh European crown to their assortment in the Champions League last against Real Madrid on Saturday.
“This season is absolutely incredible and will not end today, it ends next week obviously,” Klopp told reporters. “And there we will try absolutely everything.
“We have now five days to prepare the final, that’s what we will do.
“And of course, losing the league today increased the desire to put it right next week, it increased the desire.”
Klopp likewise congratulated Pep Guardiola on bringing home their fourth Premier League championship in five years.
“I am proud but I’m disappointed, of course, as well. There are maybe worse scenarios, if you would have been a point up and don’t make it, that might feel even worse.”
“Congratulations to Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, all staff, all players, whole club, for being champions. We were close but in the end not close enough. That’s how it is.”
Liverpool face Real Madrid in Paris on May 28 in a rematch of the 2018 show-stopper in Kiev, which Real Madrid won 3-1.
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