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at kind of toherness inired Klopp (right, celebratin­g the 1-0 victory) and his players to Liverpool’s sixth European Cup triumph in the summer, when they beat Spurs in the final in Madrid.

Yet, remarkably, Gomez (left) revealed that the current Reds stars will not feel they are proven winners until they claim a seventh.

“It’s just about establishi­ng yourself,” he said. “You aren’t proven winners until you show you can do it again and again.

“We went there last season and beat Spurs in one game. Now it is about maintainin­g that credibilit­y and reputation in the Champions League.

“People might say ‘Oh yeah, they’re performing really well,’ but as a team we have still an underdog mentality.

“We’ve won the Champions League but everyone is so eager to win it again. The focus within the camp is just one game at a time. It comes right from the gaffer through the spine of the team. We always keep that focus.

“We won’t underestim­ate anyone. Norwich was a tough fight. If we were not prepared to show that mentality, then wins like this – when we are not 4-0 up at halftime and the weather is horrible – wouldn’t happen.”

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