Klopp's pre-match press conference vs Chelsea:
Stay at home
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“What can I say more than that. Andy Cook knows much more about the situation but I agree 100 percent,” Klopp said in response.
“Thank you very much for these words, it’s very important that we remind ourselves again that even some things change, thank god, but we are not through this and we have to make sure that we don’t put anyone at risk.
“That’s what we try constantly and that’s what everybody should try. I really hope our fans know that we mean it when we say [the title] is for you. It’s 100 percent for you.
“The best example is that we won this league before lockdown but we brought it over the line after lockdown and again I’m really happy with what the boys did, not all the results but what all the boys did shows me there’s a nice basis that we will stay a really, really good football team.
“But that should show that together we can do anything if we really stick together and since I’ve been here I’ve always felt a massive support, and so I can understand that it’s a tricky situation.
“Probably people will say now after what happened at Leeds, which is a big success as well, of all the pictures and we all sit there and look at it and think it’s strange now.
“You don’t want to say that’s completely wrong but it is wrong. We cannot excuse one wrong thing or make an excuse, or say if they did it we can do it. The situation is really different to all situations we have ever faced, longer than 30 years.
“I promise we will have this party which everybody deserves at an appropriate time. Pretty much the first possibility we will use to do exactly what everybody deserves. But we can only do it if everybody behaves appropriately, that’s how it is.
“Watch the pictures, they will be as emotional as possible. Three months ago nobody thought it would be possible but now we have it and we should do the right thing.
“I can only ask you for that. Stay at home, celebrate there at a safe place with your families and keep in mind we will be all together when it is possible again.”
Trophy Lift
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“Tomorrow is different, it’s a little bit like Christmas: if you already know you’re getting a specific present, before you have it there’s still some excitement! And we are very excited about that!
“I’ve never touched a Premier Lague trophy before for obvious reasons, that will be special.
“I’m delighted the boys have this moment because they deserve it more than anybody else, they work incredibly hard and deal with so many setbacks in the last few years.
“We won the title this season but prepared it the last two or three years so it was a really long run-up to this moment.
“It will be 100 per cent emotional again but how emotional? I don’t know, that’s how it is with emotions—you have to wait until you feel them.”
Kenny Dalglish's trophy presentation
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“First I have to say there’s no chance that I come on as sub tomorrow night!” Klopp joked in his press conference.
“It’s absolutely great. Directly after the game when we became champions, at the hotel and we had all the [media] duties to do, and then you saw Kenny and Graeme Souness in the studio and how much it meant to them as well, it was really nice to see.
“This club touches you, gets you and even if you wanted I don’t think you can ever get rid of it. It’s so big and emotional. You stay together forever pretty much.
“I’m really happy that Kenny will be around. He deserves it. It’s the best nickname ever, the most deserved nickname ever: King Kenny will be in the stadium, will be exactly where he has to be when Liverpool win something and I’m really happy about that.”
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“[With Kenny I’m just] as happy as I was for Stevie. We had some messages through the lockdown but after, too, because it means so much to him, so much to Carra, and they are examples of all the players in the past who tried it so hard.
“They know exactly what this team did, how big the pressure can feel when you are close to it, and my boys did sensational well with it.
“I’m happy they recognise it as much as my team recognise exactly how much it means to that generation of players.”
Player of the year
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"Thank god I don't make this decision! No Ballon d'Or this year but a PFA, we have. My job is to bring as many players possible to the election and we have a few. I am really happy we've played the season we have. All the players have been incredible."
On Andy Robertson
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"Three years since he signed. Robbo, we would have paid £30m and it would be worth it. Not about the money we took him. £8m if you are not good enough is expensive. He was brought in because we thought he could help us."
On Team form
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"It is a big challenge," said the Reds boss. "The only thing I really experienced in this department was when Pep Guardiola was at Bayern Munich and we came second frequently with Dortmund and they had exactly the same problem.
"They dominated the league and then from a specific point of being champion they lost some games, which didn't happen before and they struggled then, with a really good team, even in the Champions League because for them there was nothing to go for.
"I am really happy how we showed up (in the last five games) but it was a challenge, which will probably not happen often in our lives.
"What I saw was nothing obvious, that the boys lost focus here or there but it was the little things, which you saw in the last game against Arsenal. I don't have an answer for that, I can only say we tried everything."