Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has dismissed doubts about the motivation of his players.
Klopp says he doesn't buy into claims his squad could lack title hunger this new season.
He insisted: “Other teams wanted to beat us, that's good, that's how the competition is. It's how and what we feel. If we think now about what other teams want to do with us, then we have already the first problem because we usually don't think about that. We think about the tactics, what they do and stuff like that, not why they are motivated to win against us.
“We think about why we want to win the game. If it would change that now, that we think constantly because we are champions they want to beat us even more so, then we lose a few per cent of our approach, mood, attitude and all that stuff.
“I'm not ready for that. I want us to be in a mood actually to want to win each game. It's not so important why other teams want to win against us, it's much more important why we want it. That's what we will try again.
“There's no time limit on that. It's surprising that people always think you can do it for a specific amount of time but then you can't do it anymore. Actually, I don't feel it. I'm 53, worked 20-odd years in the job and I never lost that, to be honest.
“I couldn't do it always but the desire was always there, that will not change here in this club. Maybe other teams have now more reasons, but that's only a problem if we change our approach as well."
