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Jurgen Klopp Insists Liverpool Ready For Napoli Challenge

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Jurgen Klopps has stated Liverpool players are well aware of their duties ahead of their penultimate clash against Napoli.

Liverpool need to get the better of Napoli in a bid to secure a place in the Champions League knockout stages. A 1-0 victory would see them through to the next stages but if Napoli manage to score then the Reds must ensure a two goal margin between them to keep themselves alive in the competition.

The premier league leaders have failed to replicate their form in the Champions League this term and this would be their chance to make up for all their mistakes.

Klopp insists his players are ready to play in this crunch encounter. “I always thought this group would come down to the final round of matches before we knew where our destiny would lie, so there is no sense of shock or surprise we face this challenge tonight. It has rightly been described as probably the toughest and most competitive group in the competition this season. PSG, Napoli and Red Star are outstandingly good teams and we are not too bad ourselves.

“Of course, I will not hide away from the fact that we face the situation we do because our performances and results away from home in the Champions League have not been to the high standards we hold ourselves to. If we earn the right to progress clearly it is something we will look to address. But we should also not ignore the fact that our future in the competition remains in our own hands, because we have been really good at Anfield.

“We all know what we have to do to qualify for the knockout stages. We won’t be looking to Belgrade for help or assistance as it’s completely irrelevant to us. We have a job to do – a game to win – and if we give our best I think we have a real opportunity. It’s about this game.”

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