Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists they can handle missing Champions League football next season.
The Reds currently sit in sixth place in the Premier League but have played one game more than fellow challengers Everton and Tottenham.
Speaking with BILD, Klopp was asked what it would mean for Liverpool to spend a season without European competition.
He replied: "It would mean a huge financial loss. Otherwise not that much.
"I am aware: In almost all football clubs in the world, I would be questioned in a situation like our current one. This is completely normal, reality, the business. I would accept that immediately.
"But it's different here in Liverpool. Our owners, the sports director, even the players: nobody doubts anyone here. We have accepted the situation for ourselves and fight our way through it."
Klopp also admitted he is pessimistic about his side's chances of finishing in the top four due to the strength of the teams around them in the table.
He added: "I like to be an optimist, but in the league it is almost impossible to qualify in the competition for the Champions League places that we have.
"At Tottenham, Gareth Bale is now playing again, and they are also in the running. Plus City and United, who are far away. Chelsea is on the rise. Reaching Champions League qualification through the league will be difficult, we know that."
