Jurgen Klopp rates his current squad the best he's had since arriving at Liverpool.
Ahead of tonight's clash with Leicester City, Klopp has almost every player available at the start of a run that will see Liverpool play 12 times in six weeks.
"We want to be in the different competitions for as long as somehow possible in a position where we can be in the last three or four match-days and they are interesting," said Klopp.
"In the cup competitions we want to be in until the final. Then we think about how we can win the final.
"That was always the same by the way – but it has not worked out that often. For us, at least, it has never happened that we are still in four competitions at this point, not for us, so that is special.
"We came through this tricky situation with having two of the best strikers in the world away and not available and Naby Keita, a world-class midfielder, not available, plus injuries. But we came through this period, so the boys did a good job.
"Now, again, we have to clear our minds and go for it with all our minds, all our desire, determination, freshness and all these kinds of things. We don't go now for the Premier League – we just go into a Premier League game with all we have. That is the plan."
He also said, "This is the strongest squad, of course, there is no doubt about that. If that wasn't the case then that means that we have gotten weaker over the years.
"We've always had a strong squad. That we didn't make it so far in four competitions in the years before, I have spoken about it before, is for a bunch of different reasons.
"Timing is important in football, so when you come through a brilliant December, for example, on three wheels then it gets a bit bumpy in January.
"Whoever is available you can still only line up 11 and change three, so the big decisive squad does not have such an impact. But in the mid to long-term, it has a massive impact. Hopefully in this period we can really use it.
"We have 12 games in that period; it means we play every three days and that is tough. So the more quality we have and the more experienced players we have available the more of a chance we have to win the games if we perform how we have to."
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