Klopp: Missing out on title only increases desire to beat Real Madrid

Jurgen Klopp urged his players to take their frustrations out on Real Madrid and gloss an incredible season by winning the Champions League.

Liverpool's manager was unmistakably solemn after his team's attempts to wrestle the Premier League out of Manchester City's grasp proved unsuccessful, even though they beat Wolves 3-1 on a dramatic final day.

It was not one of Liverpool's best performances and there were moments as they tried to find a breakthrough when you wondered whether the emotion of it all might count against them in Paris on Saturday.

But Klopp was adamant that Liverpool have the resilience for one last push in what will be the 63rd game of a campaign that has already seen them win the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.

'This season is absolutely incredible, and it doesn't end here — it ends next week,' he said. 'We will try absolutely everything. It's never, ever happened before that you are completely without knocks going into a final. We had our knocks, obviously.

'It's tough, you saw that here, the early goal really didn't help us. In the end, who cares? When you win the game that's it.

'We will have now five days to prepare for the final and that's what we will do. Then we face an incredibly experienced team, but that's really OK. Of course, losing the league increases the desire to put it right next week. Yes — it increases the desire.'

Anfield is an emotional stadium but the atmosphere in the stands as it seemed that City had collapsed, was unlike anything witnessed in the last 30 years as news of each Aston Villa goal spread like wildfire.

'There was one moment when it was 3-2 and then for a second, I don't know who started it, I thought (Villa) had equalised again,' said Klopp with a rueful smile. 'It was a