Jürgen Klopp has called on his players to summon the spirit of Rocky Balboa, insisting that Liverpool are not the team “with the best tools” despite their summer of lavish spending.

The Liverpool manager said that his analogy was not designed to portray his squad as underdogs, but he wanted to reinforce that they are a team “who have to do more, who have to run more, who have to jump more” to bridge last season’s 25-point deficit to Manchester City. the defending champions.

Liverpool host West Ham United tomorrow with the new signings Alisson and Naby Keïta likely to start. Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri are set to begin on the substitutes’ bench, as the club’s quest for a first league title since 1990 starts