‘It's All So Positive In A Not­-So­-Positive World'

JurgenKloppis in no mood for offering any kind of appraisal after reaching the milestone of three years as Liverpoolmanager,but is convinced the club are on course to achieve success and believes everyone should enjoy the journey towards it.

- James Carroll

The German marked the anniversary of his appointment on Merseyside on October 8, during which time he’s taken the reins of the Reds 166 times and firmly established them as a powerful force at home and abroad once again.

Despite reaching the finals of the League Cup, Europa League and, most recently, the Champions League, Klopp has yet to lift his first piece of silverware as Liverpool manager.

Nevertheless, he is certain the Reds are on the right track to end their six­year wait for a trophy — and he wants supporters to cherish the ride.

In an exclusive interview with Premier League Productions, Klopp was asked whether he would afford himself any time to reflect on his three years at Anfield so far.

He replied: “Not yet, I don’t want to do that, because why should I judge my time here before it’s over?

“Nobody wants to look back in 10 or 20 years and say ‘so the best time we had without winning anything was when Klopp was here. It was so funny and all that stuff’.

“That’s not really something you want to achieve, we still have time to do something special and we know that to underline the development and progress, we have to do it.

“Times change, and to be honest, it is much more difficult than it was in the past.

If you think about it, we are maybe in the best moment for ages, but a few other clubs are the same and they made the same steps so that makes it really hard.

“It looks like we are really on a good way and the only thing I can guarantee is that we constantly develop. Our little problem is many other clubs develop as well so it’s never that you improve 20 per cent and the others get 20 per cent weaker. They try to do the same, to reach the next level, and that’s the challenge we all face. It is interesting, but tough as well.