Jurgen Klopp has vowed to be bold in the Champions League final against Real Madrid as he insisted there will be no repeat of Basel in 2016.

Liverpool have set a new record in the competition by plundering 46 goals en route to Kiev and the Reds boss says he won't change their attacking approach against Zinedine Zidane's European champions.

“If I was to ask the boys 'what do you want to do in this game?' They would say 'what we always did'. I am pretty sure that would be the answer,” Klopp said.

“In football you always have to try to create a plan to deny the qualities of an opponent, but you also have to bring through your own qualities.

“If we would only think about trying to deny their qualities that would be quite difficult.

“It's not that we go there, run like crazy and have no clue how to defend, it won't be like that. But we will play our football and hopefully at the highest level.”

Two years ago Liverpool fell apart in the second half of the Europa League final against Sevilla as fatigue took its toll.

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But Klopp says preparations for this final have been very different. The squad returned to Merseyside on Saturday evening after a four-day training camp in Spain.

“We were unlucky in that final,” Klopp said.

“We didn’t score in the first half often enough and we didn’t get a penalty.

“But in the second half, our legs were done. This time the legs will be fine.

“After two weeks, the legs will be fine. That's a massive thing having two weeks to prepare for this game.”

Klopp has “no problem” with Real's tag as favourites. Zidane's side are gunning for a third successive European crown, while Liverpool are looking to end a 13-year wait for the ultimate prize.

Liverpool players enjoying their time in Marbella

“There have been three dominant clubs in the last few years - Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern,” he said.

“We face one of them in the final so who should be the favourite? I have no problem with the situation. It’s not that I want to be the underdog, I don’t feel like an underdog.

“But, yes, they are favourites, they know everything, they could write the f***ing script for the final because they have experienced it four times in the last five years.

“We can’t but no problem with that. We want to play and win a football game.

“In the end it will be a test: what's bigger the desire to win a third one in a row or the desire to win the first one for some years?

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“Real have almost exactly the same line up from winning it before. A lot of their players won the last two finals and that's really rare.

“This has been the Real Madrid Champions League generation. They will want to do it again. It would be big 100%. If we did it, it would be big too.”