Liverpool will remain pain in neck of Manchester City, says Jürgen Klopp

Jürgen Klopp has said Liverpool will remain “in the neck” of Manchester City whatever happens in Sunday’s Premier League finale and are under no pressure because they have nothing to lose.

Liverpool must beat Wolves and hope City fail to overcome Aston Villa on the final day of the season to pip Pep Guardiola’s side to the title. The situation is identical to the end of the 2018-19 season, when Liverpool beat Wolves 2-0 at Anfield but missed out on the championship by a single point after City’s 4-1 win at Brighton. Klopp’s team responded by winning the Champions League final three weeks later.

Even in the event of a repeat on Sunday, the Liverpool manager insists his team will not stop making life uncomfortable for their main Premier League rivals. “After that game [Wolves in 2019] I was fine with the situation,” said Klopp. “I remember walking on the lap of honour next to Trent [Alexander-Arnold]. We both had a smile on our faces because it was a great season. And whatever happens on Sunday, I will not forget that it has been an absolutely fantastic season.

“The biggest defeats in my life have led to the biggest successes in my life, wherever I was. Whether it was Mainz or whatever, it’s a little bit like this. Even if we don’t win the Champions League final, I learned at Mainz when we didn’t get promoted and we arrived back and thought it’d be really sad but we had 20,000 people waiting for us. We had to go on stage the day after we lost our dream of going to the Bundesliga. That was the moment we realised it was OK and if they think it was fine then we can go from here. The response [of fans] is really important and whatever happens on Sunday we will not stop. We will not stop trying. Yes, we have the best opponent