Jurgen’s title KO for Reds
seventh anniversary of his Anfield arrival yesterday.
And, after a poor start to the season, he admitted that the title may already be beyond his team.
Klopp, 55, said: “From this point, does it look like we’ll be champions? Unfortunately not, but in all other competitions we are not out yet.
“Did I think we’d be ninth after match-day seven? No.
“But this is the base where we are now and we must go from here.”
Klopp, who signed a new four-year contract in April, said he had not envisaged being at Anfield so long.
“I had no plans for seven years here,” he admitted. “I was just happy to survive the first press conference because my English skills were really not that good!
“But I have no problem with energy.
“When I was a manager at Mainz, after three years we got promoted to the Bundesliga and, three years later, we got relegated.
“The club then needed a change because players left us for the Bundesliga.
“I was full of energy. I went directly to Dortmund. I could have stayed there, they wanted me to.
“But it was a case of players constantly getting pulled to other clubs or leaving – and that was really a hard job to do.
“It was really intense and exhausting. I had no energy problem, but took a year’s holiday. I think Pep Guardiola did it and
Thomas Tuchel did it, so let’s give it a try. But I couldn’t do it and, after four months, I was here.”
Klopp added: “I am in a difficult situation. Being here for seven years is intense, but it is nice, too, and it gives me a boost.”
Today, Klopp knows the ramifications if his team fail to deliver against Arsenal.
He added: “I know that, with one point more, Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel. It was said, ‘Tuchel gets sacked with 10 points and Klopp stays in a job with nine points’.
“But we still have the chance to create something really special.”