Jurgen Klopp has insisted that he's aiming high at Liverpool this season - but admitted that he's not exactly sure how high, saying that he may or may not be satisfied with a top four finish when May rolls around.
Speaking ahead of Sunday's Premier League opener against Arsenal, where a tricky trip to the Emirates will be blunted slightly by the Gunners' personnel crisis, Klopp talked about what he hoped to see from his side's season.
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He said:If I said today that the only position which could make me happy at the end of the season is first place that would be silly because there are a lot of challengers.I really want to look back after the season and be really satisfied. At this stage I don't have any idea what that could mean.
It's clear that winning every game would make me satisfied but if we did that I'd be too drunk to look back!
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Finishing above Arsenal would be great but where that means we finish I have no idea because there are a lot of other teams who could be up there.Arsenal are always in the Champions League. But in the Champions League they don't go far enough and they haven't won the league for a number of years, so even with success you can be disappointed.
You have to be thankful for the things you get - that's a very important thing in life.Would I be thankful for a Champions League place? I don't know.It would be great as we haven't played Champions League for two years. But I'm not sure yet whether I would be satisfied.�
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