'Looking forward to a new Europa League season': Klopp accepts top-four hopes gone

Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday. The result means that the Reds are three points behind Newcastle and Man United.

However, the Magpies and the Red Devils have two games two play while Liverpool have only one — so our chances of qualifying for the Champions League are very slim.

"I think the whole season is rather a season where we qualify for Europa League than for Champions League. We were for too long not good enough or ourselves," Jurgen Klopp said post-match, as quoted by Liverpool's official website.

"I think we made it pretty exciting. I didn’t think that was possible seven weeks ago, the boys did really well in that period.

"I think our people enjoyed it as well, you could see today they are not angry with us, they are looking forward to a new Premier League season and Europa League season. So do I. I know we have still a game to play."