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Jonathan Gorrie6 minutes ago

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes some clubs paid the price for not proving willing to “wait” for Unai Emery to deliver success.

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The Reds boss takes his side to Emery’s Aston Villa on Monday in the penultimate game of his Liverpool career.

Such has been his impact this season, the Spaniard was confirmed as one of the nominees for the Premier League’s Manager of the Year Award earlier this week.

While their Europa Conference League dreams were ended by a 6-2 aggregate defeat to Olympiakos on Thursday night, Villa are in command in the battle for the top four.

They lead fifth-placed Tottenham by seven points, albeit Spurs still have a game in hand.

We all know how difficult it is to qualify for the Champions League and that he will probably do that is absolutely exceptional."

Klopp also admitted that Liverpool’s outside chance of winning the Premier League title was not their “number one” priority in their final two games of the season.

"It's not number one every morning on the priority list [winning the title].

"Do we expect them to lose?

[Manchester] City has to lose three games.

They both play before us, so let's talk on Monday if they both lose, but I do not expect that.

"We have the chance to move on to 80 points and like all things in life, you should never take that for granted.
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