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Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool's Champions League setback at the hands of Napoli hasn't dented his faith in the side's ability to compete for silverware this term.

Last season's finalists delivered an insipid performance on Wednesday night as they were beaten by Lorenzo Insigne's late strike.

However, Klopp spelt out to his players exactly where they went wrong during a lengthy analysis session at Melwood. And now he's confident that he will get the perfect response when Manchester City visit Anfield on Sunday.

“Look, if as a manager I would overestimate any kind of performance then it is a constant up and down,” Klopp said.

“It would be 'Oh my god, how good is he? He is so bad, ****ing hell what is he doing here?' It is not working like that.

“I judge the players before they come in and from that time we work together. I work with people and they drop form usually much more often than these boys did so far.

“It was not a good day in a game in which we lost. We had the game for 15 minutes and then it slipped through our fingers and we couldn't get it back so that was a bit of the problem.

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“We've looked at why we were too deep, not compact enough and things like that, but that's only football. In the game it felt like a big pitch for the boys but it was not that big.

“It never felt like our game, but I cannot now make this game bigger than others only because it is the last one.”

Captain Jordan Henderson is likely to return to the starting line up as the Reds wait on the availability of Naby Keita , who suffered a back spasm in midweek.

"In the last few weeks we have been going home from a game and everyone is smiling, great," Klopp added.

"That was completely different after the Napoli game and no-one wanted that.

"But it was a few days ago and we have to accept that. It is not the first game I lost in my life and it will not be the last one. It was not a game you want to see, but it's done - let's go for the next one."