I don't look at records - Klopp - video Dailymotion

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he doesn't look at his record in Merseyside Derby fixture with Everton and that they aren't important to him.

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00:00 Jürgen, great record in Merseyside derby,

00:03 what's happened in the past obviously doesn't dictate what happens in the future,

00:07 but what do you think have been the key factors in enabling you

00:11 to come up with a record like that in these sort of matches?

00:15 Never thought about it, because it's rather uncomfortable if you tell me about my good record,

00:20 because I couldn't be less interested in what happened, really.

00:25 So what does that mean? You won a game last week, you won a game five weeks ago,

00:29 a year ago, ten years ago, who cares? That's really not important.

00:33 But we always try to make sure that we don't think about these kind of things,

00:37 about records and these kind of things, so that we make sure we are really ready for the game.

00:41 We understand the importance of the game, we understand the pressure comes up with it,

00:48 that's how it is, and I can't remember one moment when I said,

00:54 "Oh, the weekend is derby," and then enjoyed that thought.

00:58 It's coming up, it's just not happening, it's just for us.

01:01 There's a lot of intensity even before the first ball is kicked,

01:06 and that's what you have to make sure you channel in the right areas,

01:11 that with all the extra motivation from outside,

01:20 you make sure you really play the way you want to play,

01:24 because that gives you a chance to win a football game.

01:29 If you want to play just a game the other team is asking for,

01:31 then it's like, "OK, you always react, you always react."

01:33 So we have to push through our own thing, but in moments they definitely deserve the respect,

01:40 because they do really well.

01:44 Calvert-Lewin is back, obviously a super-helpful, super-important player to them.

01:48 Ducouret looks like back to his best around him,

01:54 with Harrison and McLean on the wings, that's real quality.

01:58 Giecon couldn't play so, but then Onana, Garner, real talent there.

02:09 Last line, super-experienced, and with Bradford now a really good centre-half,

02:16 so that's a good team, and England's number one in the gold,

02:20 so that's a really good team, that's what you think about.

02:23 I understand the derby, but I cannot prepare it like a one-off game.

02:30 We have to make sure that we play to our best, and if we can't do that,

02:35 then we are a really difficult opponent, and if we are a difficult opponent we can win the game,

02:39 and if we do that then it's fine, and that's all we are thinking about.