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Jurgen Klopp believes memories of Liverpool's thrilling journey to the Champions League final will inspire his players to new heights this season.

The Reds boss, who will take his squad to Ewood Park for a friendly against Blackburn Rovers on Thursday night, admits he hasn't brought himself to re-watch the gut-wrenching defeat to Real Madrid in Kiev.

Liverpool's dreams of a sixth European crown bit the dust as top scorer Mohamed Salah was forced off with a shoulder injury and Loris Karius made two calamitous errors.

However, Klopp is convinced that the Reds' European adventure will fuel their push for glory 2018/19.

“I've not watched the full game again, only scenes, the answer is no,” Klopp said.

“I’m not sure how it would be if I watched it back, maybe in a few situations I would get angry or upset, but it doesn’t hurt any more. It feels like months ago or even years ago.

“I can take something positive from it but I cannot do it alone. We were there altogether. We were really close.

“We did not make a lot of mistakes, before that and even in the game there were not a lot of mistakes but a few decisive ones. A lot of things happened in that game.

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“It’s only history, it’s not that I go back and have a look at it with ‘this decision, this decision or we could have been more lucky in these kind of things’.

“It’s part of history already. Going there was unbelievably nice, it was a great journey, we all enjoyed it as a club and as individuals. It’s worth trying it again.”

The unity and spirit in Klopp's squad shone through en route to Kiev and he believes that will stand them in good stead for the challenges ahead.

“In the last two months of the season this club and this team came closer together because we had to fight like crazy,” he added.

“What the boys did in those last two months was exceptional. It felt like we lost players. I think it was one week when we had three long-term injuries out of the blue, not because of intensity.

“We all know what happened with Ox (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), Emre (Can) had his back stop working, Adam (Lallana) again and these things. It was just very difficult to deal with.

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“Then we had to fight with Chelsea for fourth place in the league while we were playing Roma and Man City in the Champions League. It felt just unfair for the boys.

“We had 12 senior players. Yes, we could have changed it a little bit more in defence which we tried to do, second line in midfield and offensive line we played who we had in that moment.

“How the boys did it was outstanding. That brought us really close together. That was a nice experience that something like that was possible.”