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Jurgen Klopp is confident Liverpool will again challenge Manchester City for the Premier League next season after just missing out on a first title in 29 years.<\/p>\nJurgen Klopp is confident Liverpool will again challenge Manchester City for the Premier League next season after just missing out on a first title in 29 years.<\/p>\n
A 2-0 win over Wolves courtesy of two goals from Sadio Mane was ultimately not enough as City\u2019s 4-1 win at Brighton ensured Pep Guardiola\u2019s side finished just ahead of the Reds by a point.<\/p>\n
While Klopp said he cannot promise the competition will be as intense and relentless as this season, he is looking forward to another battle with City.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as City are around with the quality they have and the financial power and all that stuff, it\u2019s not that any other team will pass them easily. That\u2019s clear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as this is the case we need to be very close to perfection to win the Premier League.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t say we will have 97 points next year or whatever, maybe that\u2019s not needed, I don\u2019t know. We will come again.<\/p>\n
“We used the base from last year but made a big step, unbelievable, and there\u2019s still a bit to come.”<\/p>\n
\u201cWe made unbelievably big steps and I really expect more to come, that\u2019s the truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot to come, a lot of years, it\u2019s all about you and what you do with it, and that\u2019s what we do with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople will tell us it\u2019s 30 years or whatever (since Liverpool won the league) but other clubs have bigger problems, to be honest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team tried it the first time, and I really think they did it quite impressively for a first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team is not a finished article. We will go again, 100 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool finished with the third-highest points tally in top-flight history with 97, bettered only by City\u2019s 98 this season and 100 in the previous campaign.<\/p>\n
They also lost just one league match \u2013 crucially at City in January \u2013 had two of the Premier League\u2019s three joint-top scorers in Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, while goalkeeper Alisson Becker claimed the Golden Glove for 21 clean sheets, one better than City counterpart Ederson.<\/p>\n
Still that was not enough to get them over the line but Klopp is hugely encouraged by what he has seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was an unbelievable season. I can read all the stats, I can read all the numbers, it\u2019s just really exceptional,\u201d added the Reds boss.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy thing is if you would get an award for the biggest development jump I can remember, then the boys would get that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used the base from last year, but we have made a big step. Unbelievable \u2013 and there is more to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are ready to make the next step, we will make the next step. That\u2019s the plan from tomorrow on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp will now turn his attention to the Champions League final against Tottenham on June 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be on this road and also qualify for the Champions League final, it\u2019s pretty special,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team is one of the best to have ever played for Liverpool 100 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n