Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool's remarkable demolition of Barcelona showcased their thrilling progress to the world as he declared: “That's the picture we want to paint.”

The Reds boss insists he will regard this season as one to truly cherish regardless of whether it ends with silverware.

Liverpool go into Sunday's final Premier League game against Wolves at Anfeld knowing they will be crowned champions if they win and Manchester City fail to collect maximum points at Brighton.

Whatever happens, they will get another shot at glory when they face Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid on June 1.

The fact that the season is gearing up towards such a high-stakes finale underlines the transformation Klopp has masterminded over the past three-and-a-half years.

“It's really not about me,” Klopp said.

“It's really about the club. We do all this for entertainment. The people that go there want to go there, enjoy the game and all that stuff. They think two days before and three days after about this game.

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“Heart surgeries are much more important but I don't think people want to read as much about heart surgeries as they do about football. We all have to make the best of the circumstances that we have. That's what we try.

“If that leads to silverware then wonderful but we cannot do more. If people judge me on not winning something in the past or winning something in the future, I cannot change that.

“All I can do is my best and I am 100% sure about myself. I do my best. It's not perfect because it's me but it's my best and I cannot do more.

“This season has been a year full of wonderful moments altogether - looking forward to games, enjoying games. Last Tuesday was like the icing on the cake so far. Wow.”

Klopp is convinced that the heroic fightback to overturn a 3-0 first-leg deficit against Barcelona will have much wider benefits for Liverpool than simply securing their passage to Madrid.

It was a night when players and supporters came together to create a powerful, unstoppable force as the La Liga champions were humbled.

“That's exactly the picture we want to draw for the outside world,” Klopp said.

“This is Liverpool – it's possible here, it's possible in this club and in this city with the people around. That's the picture.

“A moment like this is worth more than silverware. If you struggle in a game, they hit the post and the bar but you win it, that's good for looking back and saying 'that year we won it and oh we were lucky'. It's a nice story but it doesn't help with development.

“The job is to develop as far and as high as possible so it gets more and more likely that you win silverware and that's what we've done so far.

“Now we go to a final and we'll play it, learn from the past few years and see what we can do there.

“Sunday is our last Premier League game. If we can win it, it's not in our hands what we get for that, but it doesn't make our season a little bit less good. It's just a different finish.”

Liverpool have been on an upward curve from the moment Klopp arrived at Anfield in October 2015.

But this was the season when they raised the bar significantly. Defensive resilience and control have been been added to blistering firepower.

Klopps knows that to be in contention for the biggest prizes again next term they will have to keep pushing on.

"My vision was never a finished article," he added.

"I never thought we have to be here or there because I know football is constantly changing. It is all about being stable on the highest possible level – that is my wish.

"It's not about what kind of football can we play. I am perfectly happy with the big steps we made in different departments of the game.

"We used to struggle in the past with game management and then at the beginning of the season we had moments when we were 1-0 up and it looked like we were calming the game down completely when people wanted more football because they were not used to it. But we had to make steps.

"You cannot rest in football, never. We have a really full toolbox with football tools. With our help, the boys use the right tools in the right moments.

"We have to make an ever bigger one for the next few years because nobody sleeps in this business.

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"We saw Chelsea and Arsenal..... what's the difference between us? Twenty points or so. That's not the difference really but we've been so consistent, that's the difference.

"When we face each other, it's not 20 points, it's about a moment here or there, but consistency has made the difference points wise. That's what we have to make sure in the future too."