Jurgen Klopp never doubted his mentality monsters would continue fighting for the title even when they trailed Manchester City by 14 points in mid-January.
Liverpool have won 10 Premier League games in a row to close the gap to City to one point ahead of Sunday's clash at The Etihad.
'We knew it was 14 points but we didn't care. We just had to win as many points as possible and that situation doesn't change,' said the German.
'If we hadn't have tried, I would have been disappointed.