Klopp excited by Liverpool\'s Champions League draw

Published on: 24 August 2017

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has insisted his side will not underestimate their Champions League opponents.

The Reds will face Spartak Moscow, Maribor and Sevilla in Group - avoiding heavyweights such as Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Barcelona.

However, the German says his preparation and analysis will not change.

"There are groups with Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and Real Madrid, and not to get them is of course more good than bad," said Klopp.

"But I don't think that after this long way we should think about the opponents. We have to go and prepare.

"With Sevilla, there is an open bill, I would say. But we all know how good they are in European competition. Moscow is a long trip. And Maribor, in this moment you don't know a lot about them; a lot of people would underestimate them, we will not.

"So we don't think about the opponent, we just think about the competition. We'll analyse and take everything seriously - we want to go as far as possible.

"But it's the Champions League, so that means they all earn our 100 per cent respect, how we earn 100 per cent respect from them.

"That's what we will show and hopefully we have a few really good games, which we 100 per cent need."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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