Jurgen Klopp insists he has not dwelled on the disappointing climax of last season that saw Liverpool’s quadruple dreams fall apart.
The Reds lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid in May and that came a week after Klopp’s side were narrowly pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester City.
However, Klopp says he got over the crushing disappointment after just one day and he’s now fully focused on the new season, which begins on Saturday as the Merseysiders face City in the Community Shield at Leicester’s King Power Stadium.
‘It took me a day and then we had a parade in Liverpool and I was fine with everything,’ said Klopp, whose side still had FA Cup and Carabao Cup successes to celebrate.
‘We knew, obviously, it was close. When you’re unlucky in moments these kind of things (happen). It’s sport and we accept the rules.
‘One point more is enough after 38 matchdays, and one goal more is enough in a football game. We accept that too, so it didn’t take me long.
‘What was my conclusion of the last season? I don’t think it makes too much sense to think like this.
‘We played in an incredibly high level, we were consistent, we played good football – not always but very often. We fought hard. These are all things we need to do again.’
One major change from the side that came so close to winning all major trophies last season is the loss of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich.
The Senegal forward joined the Bundesliga champions after a highly-successful six years on Merseyside in which he won the Champions League and Premier League, and scored an impressive 120 goals in 269 games.
Klopp said: ‘Of course we have had a little change in our team. We lost Sadio, who was a fixed line-up player for six years.
‘But it’s always like this. We cannot try and stick together forever. We have to make changes and when Sadio came and told us that he wanted to face a new challenge, because it was early enough (in the close season) we accepted that.
‘So we had time to prepare for that situation and that’s what we did. And now we have to find togetherness again. That’s completely normal as well.’