Jurgen Klopp praised Manchester City and then turned his focus to the Champions League final after Liverpool missed out on the title.
Liverpool’s bid for a first Premier League title and a first top-flight triumph in 29 years ended in failure despite a final-day victory over Wolves.
Sadio Mane’s brace was enough to topple Wolves but Manchester City’s 4-1 win at Brighton meant there was no silverware for Klopp’s men.
But despite that, Klopp was incredibly proud of the effort his players put in throughout another tough campaign.
He told BBC Sport: “Congratulations to Manchester City. We tried everything to make it as difficult as possible but not difficult enough. I couldn’t be more proud of the boys.
“It’s incredible what they did all season and today was a strange situation. We were really good until 1-0, what happened then was clear. You can’t tell the people to calm down. At that moment [when Liverpool fans celebrated Brighton’s goal] it was a shock for everyone and Wolves were there.
“We had to fight. In the end we scored two and kept a clean sheet. It’s nice but not how we wanted it.
“It’s clear we had to work hard and City too. Our target during the week was to get 97 points, we got that – that’s special. We want to write our own history and we did.
“Today feels not so good but we have plenty of time to prepare for an important game in three weeks.”
You’ll Never Walk Alone as the players and families salute the #LFC fans pic.twitter.com/pFFN9BP7C0
— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) May 12, 2019
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