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Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are “a good fit for each other”, according to Sir Alex Ferguson.

But the former Manchester United boss believes the Reds will find it tough to sustain their high-energy pressing style over the course of a full season.

UEFA this week released their 2015/16 Europa League Technical Report, a dossier which rounds up last season’s competition.

Ferguson, as head of UEFA’s team of technical observers, gives his thoughts, along with the likes of former Liverpool assistant manager Jacques Crevoisier and Gines Melendez, technical director of the Spanish Football Federation.

Discussing Liverpool’s run to the final, in which they were beaten by Sevilla, and Klopp’s impact at the club Ferguson says: “He’s bought into the fans. And the support have taken to him because he’s shown that enthusiasm on the touchline, with his energy and his personality when he’s jumping out there.

“I think the combination of both suit each other.”

Liverpool enjoyed memorable home victories over Villarreal, Borussia Dortmund and Ferguson’s old club Manchester United en route to the final, and the veteran manager paid tribute to the power of Anfield in the report.

“I’ve always thought that playing at Anfield was very difficult,” he said. “Because the crowd create an amazing atmosphere that puts a lot of teams, opponents and the referees under pressure a lot.

“We saw evidence of that when 3-1 down against Dortmund they got that second goal and the crowd lifted them and I think it inspires this team.

“They are that kind of football club, Liverpool, that get inspired by their support.”

Ferguson’s thoughts on the final against Sevilla make for interesting reading, too.

“Sevilla didn’t enjoy Liverpool’s tackling and determination in the first half,” he says. “But they started off after half-time with a more positive attitude and getting the goal right away changed the whole game.

“In the second half Liverpoolhad no energy, they could not get to the ball,. The space in midfield became bigger. I never had a team who could press a ball all season.”

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Nonetheless, he offered a comparison between the situation Klopp has inherited at Anfield with the one he encountered at Manchester United when he took over in 1986.

“You can’t allow the past to interrupt the future,” he said. “That’s what I always felt. When I went to United at first, I thought about the history but that history wouldn’t do me any good – it was only the future that was going to help me.

“To rebuild that future took time. I did it with young players, I built a foundation that lasted a long time and anyone going to a club with history has to think about it, but never allow it to impede your ability to look to the future.”