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Jurgen Klopp has just one word to describe Thursday’s Champions League draw - crazy!

The Liverpool manager reckons his side will defend their title as European ­champions in the hardest competition of all time.

In fact, he says it’s so tough now, that it makes all talk of a new European ‘Super League’ redundant.

The reigning champions are in Pot One for this ­evening’s draw in Monaco alongside Europa League winners Chelsea , and fellow top seeds Manchester City , Barcelona and Bayern ­Munich.

But with a Pot Two ­containing Real Madrid , Atletico Madrid, Dortmund and Napoli, the likes of Inter, Leverkusen and Lyon in Pot Three, and RB Leipzig, Galatasaray and Lille in the fourth, there is potential for more than the usual ‘group of death’.

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For Klopp, that means it is hard to predict English clubs will dominate like last season, or even that Liverpool can reach a third successive final.

“Someone told me about the groups and what could happen, and it is just crazy,” he said. “The groups will be incredible. I don’t think there was ever a stronger Pot Two.

“They should all be in Pot One, but there is not enough space there. I don’t think there was ever a stronger Pot Three. Then Pot 4 you can get RB Leipzig – wow!

“If people really think about this kind of Super League, then you don’t need it.”

English clubs have slowly come to dominate European competition in recent seasons, with last season’s finals both all-Premier League affairs.

Yet Klopp is sceptical they can keep that up his time around, even though Manchester City have made clear their priority is to finally lift the trophy.

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“I have no clue who will win the Champions League,” said Klopp.

“We have the same chance like everyone else, but that is all, and no I don’t see us, the English teams, dominating.

“I really think a lot of teams have a good chance. Bayern Munich now finally brought in Ivan Perisic and Philippe Coutinho, which is like a big boost.

“Look at the squad Borussia Dortmund has and tell me we are stronger than them. That is incredible. They can make five changes and you think, ‘really they didn’t play last week? Why?’

“There are a lot of quality teams – Juventus will be there, PSG will be there. Whatever happens they will find solutions. Real Madrid? Do you think they gave up already?”

Klopp believes the group stage is harder than ever, and Liverpool, City or Chelsea could, potentially, be in a group also containing Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Leipzig.

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Last season, they squeezed out of their group with a fraught 1-0 win over Napoli in their final game, and he ­admits he can’t predict with any confidence this time around.

“I will have no problem with it [reaching the final] if it happens again, but at this moment I am not too sure it will happen again,” he said.

“Last year, I said it, we ­deserved it against Barcelona but we were lucky as well. Tottenham were lucky against Ajax.

After the first game of the semis, I think everyone would have said the final will be Ajax versus Barcelona.

“Even in the Europa League, Chelsea were lucky a little bit against Frankfurt who played an incredible ­season. So we had to really fight for it with everything.

“You need luck in the right moments.”