^*^ ‘I really think we are ready’: Klopp backs Liverpool to crash top four

• Manager says late surge in 2020-21 can serve as inspiration
• ‘If there is a club that can do it I really think it is us’

Jürgen Klopp believes Liverpool are the one club capable of producing the late-season flourish needed to break into the top four.

Liverpool trail fourth-placed Tottenham by nine points in the race for Champions League qualification but have two games in hand, the first at home against Wolves on Wednesday. Since losing 3-0 at Molineux in February, Klopp’s team have taken seven points from three Premier League matches. The Liverpool manager insists recent history, notably the 10-game unbeaten run that secured Champions League football in 2020-21, should convince his players they can end a trying campaign on a similar high.

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