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It's been a long and winding road for Liverpool but six years on from THAT slip, through tears and now cheers, they will exorcise the demons by lifting the Premier League trophy as Chelsea watch on... the next challenge is to keep their big-spending rival

Daily Mail | July 22, 2020

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'We can strike back for that.'

It was little more than a throwaway line from Jurgen Klopp's latest pre-match press-conference over Zoom on Tuesday lunchtime.

But it is a comment that touches upon what the long road towards Liverpool's first title in 30 years has entailed.

Jurgen Klopp referenced Liverpool's defeat by Chelsea in the 2014 title race on Tuesday
Klopp and his players can 'strike back' for that 2-0 loss when they host the Blues at Anfield

Sentences like '30 years of hurt' were bandied about when the league title drought came to an end last month.

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In various quarters it felt preposterous that Liverpool, one of the most storied clubs in English football, who had won a cup treble and two European Cups in that time, could possibly have suffered to the same degree as other, lesser sides in the past three decades.

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