Press conferenceJürgen Klopp: Everything we do well now will help us for next season
Jürgen Klopp has explained how a strong finish to the current season can help Liverpool lay strong foundations for the next one.
The Reds have four games remaining in the 2022-23 campaign and go into Saturday's meeting with Brentford at Anfield on a five-game winning run in the Premier League.
Speaking in the second part of his pre-match press conference, Klopp stressed how he wants his side to continue taking advantage of every opportunity to improve, irrespective of where they finish in the table.
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He said: "Everything is important. As an example, Curtis Jones, so it is not his fault that it was a catastrophic season for him because he was injured.
"Nobody knew, he didn't know when it happened. It was like, 'I'm feeling something but I had worse things when the muscle was painful' or whatever. Then we made a scan and [he was] out for four months.
"Then you sit there and wait. But then, of course, [he] cannot play. While he is not playing, people forget him or whatever. Now he is playing, he is playing good.
"Each positive performance we have now helps us, helps the players, because we cannot just replace the whole team and think that everything... How I understand life, if you have a problem, you sort it better here and now. Because if you just move on, you have the same problem.
"We have to give the boys a frame where they can perform. Because I see them every day, I know they want to perform. It's not that they say, 'I cannot do that anymore, I cannot do that anymore.' It's not like that.
"We were not able to do it, that's true, for a long period. But we will find a frame where the boys can shine again, where it is much more likely for them to be the best version of themselves again. That's what we always try.
"So, everything what we do well now will help us for the next season. Again, nobody knows where we will end up or whatever but these five games already, like the reaction in moments... not the full games, it is not that I think, 'Oh my God, we couldn't have played better.' No, no, no, not at all.
"But the signs I saw are really promising and I am happy with that. And then, another four games and then a break and then a proper pre-season – we will be strong."
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