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Jurgen Klopp insists he does not need Tottenham’s season to give him belief for the future at Liverpool - as he has faith in what his own players are starting to show.

And Klopp also believes the gap between the two sides is not as big as the league table suggests.

The 1-1 draw between the two sides kept Spurs 17 points ahead of Klopp’s side, with seven places separating them in the Premier League.

The conflicting fortunes of the two sides this season resulted in much of the pre-match narrative surrounding whether Liverpool needed to follow Spurs’ model to success.

The London club have built an impressive, young side under Mauricio Pochettino, with his squad taking to his demands for a high-tempo pressing game.

That has seen Spurs in this season’s title race, although the point at Anfield has handed even further initiative to leaders Leicester.

Yet despite Liverpool being out of any title discussions, Klopp does not see the gap between themselves and Spurs being as big as the points disparity suggests.

When asked if Spurs’ progress gives him belief for the future, Klopp said: “I didn’t need it. I didn’t need to know that Tottenham can do this, to know that things like this are possible. It means nothing mean to me.

“I’m not interested In Tottenham. Why should I be? I’m interested in Liverpool and our way.

“I don’t watch other teams and think ‘wow, how do they play!’

“If you want to write something that makes sense about this game, then think about if there should be seven positions between us.

“If not, then we have to think about how we can close this gap. I saw a few really good signs that this could be possible.

“We still have to develop a few things but we are on a good way. They didn’t run more than us today. In the last few weeks it was really good from my team.

“I think we created more chances, we had more shots on goal, more ball possession – maybe second half that changed a little bit, but first half for sure.

“We pressed better. That’s all true. But they have more points, that’s true too.

“We know we are in a good way.”

IN PICS: Liverpool 1-1 Spurs

Liverpool matched Spurs throughout the 90 minutes and earned their second point of the season against Pochettino’s title-challengers.

Klopp met Spurs in his first game in charge of Liverpool in October, with his latest game representing his 39th in charge of the club.

It has been a mixed start to life on Merseyside for the German, but he is seeing signs of his team getting better as he approaches the end of his first season in charge.

He added: “You can’t start dreaming and think ‘for them it’s possible, maybe for us it’s possible’.

“Of course, it’s possible for us but if you say it’s sure that we will do this, then we will always carry this word with us.

“I know what will happen next season. Maybe you accept some things this season, with not being there. Next season it will be ‘ok, you’ve had enough time now come on, show’.

“We are in a good way, we play good football, but we don’t get often enough the result we deserve. That’s 100% true.

“That makes me not too happy after a game. But when I start analysing a game, we can build on these moments and then we will see it becomes better and better for sure if we have a little bit of luck with injuries and things like this.”

When Klopp met Spurs six months ago, the draw kept Liverpool just a point adrift, but now the gap has widened a further 16 points as Spurs push for their first title since 1961.

The German boss, however, believes the difference between the two sides is a lot less - and cites injuries as a prime reason for that.

Liverpool have had to make do without a number of key players at various points of the season, with Roberto Firmino missing Saturday’s draw with a hamstring injury.

“Yes of course,” said Klopp. “But it’s not a coincidence. There is a gap, that’s for sure.

“Usually it’s not my job to say this but we had a lot more injury problems than Tottenham.

“With the same injury problems, who would have played for Tottenham? Kane, problem, Alli, problem. Then this development is not possible with 25 games in a row. Or Eriksen’s out or whoever. Plus Vertonghen and Alderweireld? Oops. Completely different.

“These are the problems we’ve had to cope with. Then when they are all fit, we have to tune things and work together.

“It’s completely different for the other players when, for example, Divock plays. You need time to work together.

“Everybody says it’s always like this at the beginning, do whatever you want in the future. But never miss the things that really change. Not because of me, you don’t have to be interested in me. Only because of the team and the club.

“If you read numbers from the last few weeks and months, what’s really developed, then I could be more disappointed about the position in the table and the points we have, but I’m not. I know how hard the way is. It’s hard.”

Klopp also revealed Emre Can was suffering from stomach complaints during the draw with Spurs.

“Emre Can at half-time (had a problem with his) stomach,” he said. “I saw that he had some problems.

“It’s always like this. It’s not easy to create an atmosphere in the team. Now I see we really fight all the time for the three points until the last minute of the game.

“At the beginning of the game it’s much easier because you’re fresh and have power. Our quality would be much more often possible to decide a game earlier, but then you see we don’t. Then it becomes a little less.

Y”ou concede a goal or not. Then we are able to strike back, because of attitude. But to be used to always 100 percent, that’s what you have really to learn, and that’s the way we are right now.”