The assistant manager will leave to take charge of RB Salzburg this summer.
"Do you know what's crazy?" Lijnders told Algemeen Dagblad. "In the last two weeks, I have felt freedom for the first time. The pressure is gone. There is nothing left to gain or improve.
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"We finished third in the competition this season and will no longer play the final. You live purely 'in the moment'. At home against Spurs I already noticed what that does.
"You take it all in even better, the singing of the fans, a swirling Anfield. Honestly? I'm actually disappointed that I didn't enjoy it more all this time."