Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has sought to rally his players after their 1-1 draw with Tottenham.
The result sees Liverpool equal on points with Manchester City, having played a game more.
Klopp said, "First and foremost, we should stop behaving like we're [in] a funeral. I didn't say that to the boys but it's a little bit the mood here. We still talk about football and these kind of things can happen. In my life, much worse things happened, to be honest, and I'm still here. So, you overcome things and that's not a general problem.
"If we would only be ready for that we try everything as long as it works, we are really happy, and in the moment when we get the first little stone thrown in our way, that moment we stop doing it – I wouldn't like that too much, to be honest. It's just we have to show resilience – we will.
"But if we would have won tonight, it wouldn't have increased the probability to win against Aston Villa, not at all, so then maybe there it would've happened. That's how it is. We have to go, we will prepare, we will try. The only chance we have that something goes our way in the end is to win now all the football games we play. Imagine City would lose at one point – I can't see it or imagine that – and because we don't believe anymore, we then cannot use it.
"That would be really insane. No, no. So the boys are absolutely in the mood they should be now – very disappointed. That's fine. But from tomorrow on, I heard the spring is coming to England, so maybe we can use the weather a little bit for being in a good mood and we will try."
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