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Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will embrace the greater expectation levels than he vowed: "We know we have to deliver."
The Reds boss accepts that the pressure is on when he has bolstered his squad with £ 170million worth of new talent.
Klopp is confident that Liverpool will raise the bar on the back of last season's thrilling run to the Champions League final and compete on all fronts in 2018/19.
"We expect more from ourselves, "Klopp said,
" We will go again for the championship and each of us, but we do not mean it. We have the highest ambitions, 100%.
"More can we have more points. Where we would be in the table, I have no clue. We could not be more influential, but we have no influence on the other teams. Other teams, of course, will do business
"They will not be weaker than last year. City brought in (Riyadh) Mahrez. I did not hear that they lost one player so far. So it means the quality of last year more Mahrez. That's a nice plan as well. It's going to be too much for the future. "
Liverpool finished 25 points behind Manchester City champions last season but Klopp believes in greater strength in depth
New Boys Naby Keita, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri and Alison will increase competition for places.
"It's not just that we're more consistent," Klopp said
"Nobody is consistent with 11 players. What we are working on is the depth of the squad because you need it.
"The first part of the season when we did the rotation and we were quite active with it, I think we did six or seven changes from one game or the other, we still had quality on the pitch that was perfect
"If you can choose, and they are more often than not. 19659002] "The other guy (who would not play for 12 weeks) would not have been so good."
"We need to make sure we can do it
"I really loved having Curtis Jones, Rafa Camacho, and Ben Woodburn at the last part of the season but it would not be fair to Chelsea won each and every one of them.
"That's the situation. Create the circumstance that we can be more consistent and better. First of all for that we have to reach the level of last year and make the next steps.
"Bringing it down to the next level. what we are doing. "
(Picture: John Powell / Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Pre-season with the club's World Cup stars different stages. Klopp does not expect Jordan Henderson and Dejan Lovren available for the Premier League opener against West Ham on August 12.
The Liverpool team will evolve over the opening days of the campaign. boys settle in.
"I do not want"
"I do not want" I want to have the best start ever but we can not do anything better. to prepare for a new start I can not ignore it I am in the third season and we have a period of time that I am prepared for these moments.
"I do not want to have them but I will not go nuts. We need to work with the different situations of the players.
"The new players will make us stronger 100% – starting, coming from the bench, whatever, but it will not happen in the first day. is all about staying calm, looking at the situation, judging it right and then making the step. I am confident and we will be confident. "
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