Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has offered his sympathy to Jurgen Klopp.

The German lead his Liverpool side to a second-place finish in the Premier League, finishing one point behind Manchester City on 97 points, which makes them the best runners-up in Premier League history.

At Napoli, Sarri piled up club record points totals only to finish behind Juventus, and the Italian understands Klopp's disappointment.

"The season was really very difficult for us, but I think at the end we are happy because we were in trouble three months ago, we were able to react very well," Sarri told a news conference.

"At the end we are in third position and at the end we reached the target of the club, the Champions League. We played a final against Manchester City in the EFL Cup, and before the final we played against Liverpool and Tottenham, the two finalists of the Champions League.

"Now we have to play a very important match, the final of the Europa League [against Arsenal in Baku]. So at the moment the season is very good, but the season can become wonderful. But it was really very difficult, here it is very competitive, every match is really very difficult.

"And now I think of Klopp because if you are able to gain 97 points in the Premier League without winning, it's really very hard. I thought I was unlucky in the last season in Serie A because we arrived in second place with 91 points, so now I can understand very well the feeling of Klopp."