Liverpool have given themselves a good basis for taking on new challenges next season.

The Reds have not enjoyed the best of campaigns under boss Jurgen Klopp.

A year after nearly winning four trophies, the Reds did not win any silverware and finished outside the Premier League top four.

Asked about 2022-2023 being over, Klopp told the club website: “There were moments in the season where you thought the season would be four years long. Thank God [for] the last 10 or 12 games. I am not sure how long we didn't lose for... 11 games, so that helped massively, gave us a real boost, gave us perspective and gave us a basis for what we have to do.

“That it didn't turn into the best ever season, we see that, we know that, we are very disappointed about the fact we didn't make it into the top four, but there are moments when you have to admit there are four teams that were better than us. That's the truth.

“We played a bad season and we came fifth, that is a message as well. Imagine we are more our normal self, which we absolutely will be again next season, then we will be a contender again.

“The last 10, 11 games helped us to realize that again because before then from a consistency point of view [it was] a season very difficult to understand. We understood how we came into the situation, but there were so many moments when we thought we'd sorted it now and then a week later we saw not yet. That was the problem and that's it. It's over and now we can start preparing for the future."