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Liverpool return to Premier League action this afternoon when they take on Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield.

The Reds will be eager to return to winning ways and reignite their title hopes following a disappointing draw against West Ham United last weekend. The two clubs played out a 2-2 draw at the London Stadium.

Despite some unconvincing performances and turbulent results, Liverpool have managed to secure Champions League qualification – which Klopp was delighted to achieve in his final campaign. Speaking to reporters on Friday, the German said: "I take that [the congratulations]. I felt exactly the same last night. I was really happy."

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"The pressure is off now. That's done. That would be really cool if we could play really, really good football again. That would be absolutely nice because obviously we were very tense in the last few weeks.

"We had a super-intensive period as well, Thursday, Sunday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday – [it] didn't work out for us now too well after a long, long season.

"But, how I said, going back to the start of the season nobody knew and everybody knew how important it would be to qualify for the Champions League again.

"It's what we did and it's super-important for the future of the club and I'm really happy about that," added the Liverpool boss, who was then asked what he expects from Tottenham. Klopp added: "No, you expect a good footballing side. I understand 100 per cent, I watched the game last night and saw it was said they were not good enough.

"I thought they put Chelsea under pressure,