Klopp sends Reds out in attack mode
is built for these kind of games. We face a football-playing side which is very helpful for football in general, but for our kind of defending as well.
“I heard outside already everybody says Real Madrid is favourite. Great, no problem at all with that.They are used to the role and we have no problem with the role of the challenger.
“It’s how I said, we want to give it a proper go.”
The German still believes the outcome of the final in Kiev three years ago would have been different but for Ramos’ cynical foul which ended Salah’s involvement after just 30 minutes.
Klopp, though, insisted the anger he felt at Ramos has long disappeared. He said: “It’s true, with Mo we were really good and [on the front foot] yes, and after he was injured we were not that good any more – Real came up and started dominating
“We know we were good that night, but 25 minutes of being really good in a final was never enough.And no one is interested, when they look back in 10-15 years, how we played the first 25 minutes.
“But we knew it anyway. It was a different time.We were in a different place. Since then a lot of things happened so we feel good in our situation.”
Ramos misses the game through injury but Klopp added: “It has nothing to do with 2018. I said after that if I was asked to invite Sergio Ramos to my 60th birthday I would say no.
“Not because he’s not a great footballer, but because I didn’t like what happened that night.
“But it is long ago. I cannot get that feeling back, that anger, so I don’t even try.”
Klopp is not interested in revenge – but he does want his side to show Liverpool fans they still have the passion to win trophies.
He added: “I don’t believe too much in revenge… I want to show our fans that we are still fighting. That is more important.”