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Liverpool 2.0: How Klopp plans to take Champions League finalists over the last hurdle

The Reds came unstuck in last season's final against Real Madrid but they look better equipped to go all the way this time around

As selfie requests go, it could hardly have been timed worse.

A crestfallen Jurgen Klopp was making his way from the press room at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, having just attempted to explain Liverpool’s Champions League final defeat to the world’s media.

“I did the best I could and that was not good enough,” the Reds boss had said. “Sorry.” He looked how his fans felt; low, sore, empty.

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Then came a pair of enthusiastic locals, eager for their snap.