Jurgen Klopp said it only took him a day to recover from Liverpool’s failure to win a quadruple last season.
Klopp’s side came within two matches of football immortality, only to be defeated by Manchester City for the Premier League title on the final day of the season.
Liverpool then lost the Champions League final 1–0 against Real Madrid, with only the FA and the League Cup to show off their incredible campaign.
But Reds boss Klopp did not dwell on that misery for more than 24 hours as he quickly turned his attention to the season ahead.
The German has a small chance to take revenge against City in Saturday’s Community Shield at Leicester’s King Power Stadium.
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“It took me a day and then we had a parade in Liverpool and I was all right,” Klopp said.
“We knew, obviously, it was close. Things like this (happen) when you’re unlucky in moments. It’s sport and we accept the rules.
“After 38 match days one more point is enough, and in a football game one more goal is enough. We accept that too, so it didn’t take me long.
“What was my conclusion of last season? I don’t think it makes sense to think that way.
“We played at an incredibly high level, we were consistent, we played good football – not always but very often. We fought hard. These are all things we need to redo.”
Liverpool saw Senegal forward Sadio Mane join Bayern Munich after a hugely successful six years at Merseyside in which he won the Champions League and the Premier League, scoring 120 goals in 269 games.
Losing Mane is a big blow, but Klopp has filled the void by signing Uruguay forward Darwin Nunez to Benfica and the manager hopes Liverpool will make a smooth transition to the new era.
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“Of course, we have made some changes in our team. We lost Sadio, who was a definite line-up player for six years,” Klopp said.
“But it’s always like this. We can’t try and be together forever. We have to make changes and when Sadio came and told us he wanted to take on a new challenge because it was too early (close season) we accepted it.
“So we had time to prepare for that situation and that is what we did. And now we have to come together again. It’s also perfectly normal.”
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