Jurgen Klopp: Hungry Liverpool squad 'best I ever had'

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists his side are not the Harlem Globetrotters and their success is built more on attitude than quality.

Following the £37.5m January signing of Luis Diaz, the Reds boss admits he now has the best squad he has ever had in his career.

Wednesday's Champions League win over Inter Milan at the San Siro was a case in point as he brought Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita and Diaz off the bench.

However, Klopp said it was less the talent and more the character he has at his disposal which gets results.

"You have to fight and not think about how good we could be," he said.

"We are not the Harlem Globetrotters. There are a lot of really good teams and squads out there we have to battle with.

"No one is happy with being second; reaching a final is great but if you lose, everything is nothing any more.

"I’ve answered the question five million times but we talk constantly about the (quality of the) squad.

"My opinion is clear: top squad, best I ever had, but it is more important what kind of mood in the team and stadium you can create to get results.

"You don’t win a Champions League away game against Inter Milan because you are good, you win it because you want it with all you have and that’s what we did."

Liverpool have the chance to reduce the gap to Premier League leaders Manchester City to six points as they play Norwich at home before Pep Guardiola’s side host Tottenham in the Saturday evening kick-off.

However, chasing down the defending champions is furthest from Klopp’s mind at the moment.

"Of all the problems I have, the smallest one is what you said about City. There is no day in the week, no minute actually, when I think about that," he added.

"We have nothing to do with that, we only