Liverpool manager Klopp: Titles have never been my motivation

Jurgen Klopp says winnings trophies isn't his motivation. Photo: Phil Noble/Reuters

Jurgen Klopp says winnings trophies isn't his motivation. Photo: Phil Noble/Reuters

Published Sep 10, 2019

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FRANKFURT – Liverpool won the Champions League four months ago

under manager Jurgen Klopp but the German coach does not see titles

as his main incentive in football.

"Titles are not and never have been my motivation. I want to win

every game and make my players better day by day. And then we'll see

where that leads," he told dpa ahead of a sponsor's engagement for

the Opel car manufacturer in Frankfurt on Tuesday.

At the same time the 52-year-old said winning the English

Premier League title was a goal for this season after nearly ending

Liverpool's three-decade championship drought last term.

"We were very close last year," he said. "You lose just one game in

the whole season and at the end that's not enough, that was very

bitter."

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City retained the Premier League with 98

points, edging Klopp's Reds by a single point on the last day of the

season.

Liverpool have made an impressive start to the new campaign with

three wins from three putting them top of the table.

"It is also clear that a lot is possible with my team," Klopp

admitted. "And yes, the title in the Premier League would be an

amazing confirmation of many years of hard work."

dpa

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