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The man whose blueprint provided the platform for Liverpool’s resurrection, believes the Reds can complete the job with a title triumph this year.

Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has long been referenced at Anfield as a source of inspiration for the club...and their attempts to come back from the brink of extinction.

Klopp produced a near miracle in taking the German club from the verge of bankruptcy to the summit of European football.

With Liverpool in a similar position when they almost went bust in 2010, the brilliant coach reckons the Reds are on course to follow his lead, after coming so close last season – even without their star player Luis Suarez.

Klopp got see Liverpool up close on Sunday when his side lost 4-0 at Anfield and he said: “It’s a great club and they did well last year.

"I saw it. I saw what they can do against us...it was the wrong time to play them.

“If you make the right decisions after you miss you can be stronger.

(Image: Lars Baron)

"Maybe Liverpool this year is the big team in the Premier League. They can be stronger for sure.”

Klopp has been cited as an inspiration by Reds boss Brendan Rodgers, who wants to use the German’s calm, unstated style to rebuild his club.

Things had got so bad at Dortmund, that a few years after winning the European Cup and the German title, they were forced to sell their stadium and borrow money from hated rivals Bayern Munich, just to pay the wage bill.

When Klopp took over, Dortmund had just survived a relegation scrap, but he has since won two titles and reached the Champions’ League final, as well as five domestic cup finals.

He did it by investing wisely in young, hungry players who he developed just as Rodgers has done with his young side at Anfield.

And Dortmund have shown when they lose even some of their biggest stars like Mario Gotze, Nuri Sahin and Robert Lewandowski, they can still not only survive, but thrive.

After watching his side be taken apart by Liverpool on Sunday, Klopp reckons the loss of Luis Suarez may not damage the Reds as much as the doom-mongers have been suggesting.

“It seems to be no problem!” he said of the Suarez transfer.

“They have a plan maybe, but I don’t know.

“We did what we did. When we started we tried to create football moments that will hopefully be more successful than the past.

“We didn’t think about what happened in the past, just how we can develop the team.

"That’s what we do all the time.”

Rodgers has created his own football moments at Anfield, making Liverpool the most exciting team in the Premier League last season, and Klopp certainly sees something of himself in the Reds’ style.

When asked if he thought Rodgers had repeated the Dortmund blueprint , he said with a smile: “I don’t know him good enough as a person.

"With the way he has developed the team? Yes, a little bit. He’s a good manager.”