Klopp: Eighth not my dream spot

Liverpool’s eighth-placed Premier League finish following their 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday was not Jurgen Klopp’s “dream” end-of-season position.

The point at the Hawthorns meant the Reds – who made 11 changes from the side that drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea in midweek – missed out on qualifying for next season’s Europa League.

However, Klopp’s side can still progress to the Champions League group stages by beating Sevilla in Wednesday’s Europa League final in Basel.

Either way, the German was disappointed to finish in such an unfamiliar position as far as Liverpool are concerned.

It was dropped points earlier in the season, though, rather than on the final day in the west Midlands that ultimately cost the Merseysiders a place in Europe’s premier club competition according to Liverpool’s manager.

“It is not my dream position to be honest, but it is what it is,” he said. “We have 60 points and everybody knows about the games where we lost points in. So it was not today, it was in other games.

“We are not the biggest distance to European football to be honest, there were a few moments in the season where we could have thought the gap was too big for us. But we were always in the race, but the number of games was not too easy for the boys.

“We know we have another chance on Wednesday and we will try everything to try and take this …

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