Jürgen: We'll be trying to win it for you at Wembley

Thousands of Reds fans will make the journey south to the capital in the days ahead, all filled with optimism and hope for the prospect of their team securing silverware at the end of the Capital One Cup final against Manchester City.

It would end a wait of four years since the club last added an honour to its extensive collection and bring the earliest possible success for Klopp at the helm, within five months of his appointment at Anfield.

But the German is not concerned with what a win over City on Sunday and the overall achievement would mean for him; he insists the occasion is about giving everything on the pitch to ensure those off it have cause for deserved celebrations.

“It would be cool to win it but it’s not important that my name is involved, to be honest,” Klopp explains in an exclusive pre-final interview that can now be watched in full on LFCTV and LFCTV GO.

“It’s about Liverpool FC. It’s about the supporters and all the things these people invested in the last few years. All their dreams they have and had – that’s why sport in this moment is very important.

“We all know it is not the most important thing in the world but in this moment there is nothing more important than this, so we can win together. [We are] trying all we can to do this and that’s the target for this game.”

Standing in Liverpool’s way at Wembley will be Manuel Pellegrini’s City, a formidable side who have become accustomed to lifting trophies on a regular basis in recent years.

The Reds were clinical when the teams last clashed, recording an eye-catching 4-1 victory at the Etihad Stadium in the Barclays Premier League during the early stages of Klopp’s tenure last November.

And the boss knows his players simply have to reach their highest levels again on Sunday.

He continued: “We have to work and to play our best level of football. Not only because it is a final, especially because it is Manchester City and they are a really strong team, but it is absolutely open-ended at this moment.

“Nobody knows how it will be so we have all chances and we have to take this. We have to try to put all we have in this game so that we have another great, and in our case the first, memory and that’s what I’m looking forward to.

“We had a few finals [at Borussia Dortmund], we won a few finals and we lost a few finals. That’s how it is. The best memories from the finals are the ones we won, of course.

“It’s not to enjoy. It’s an important moment and for important moments your first target doesn’t have to be that you enjoy the game, it’s that you really do your best.

“Of course, it’s a game and at parts you have to gamble and to play, but there’s pressure on it and we should not ignore it, it is like it is. They are a strong opponent, so first of all it is work and to enjoy the situation after the game.”

Klopp has been given a quick-fire lesson of what English football is all about since taking charge of the club, with a relentless run of fixtures in four different competitions testing the players and the coaching staff.

But his experiences of the Capital One Cup so far – particularly the fierce competitiveness of the semi-final with Stoke City that was eventually won on penalties – have informed the manager of exactly why it matters.

“This is the first opportunity [to win a trophy] and we will try all we can,” he said. “But I didn’t think when I came here ‘the Capital One Cup final is at the end of February and FA Cup [final] is in May and Europa League too’.

“So you take the games how they are with all intensity. You try all and you try to find the right line-up and then you have to play football.

“You saw it in the semi-final, both teams wanted to go to the final and it was a real fight, both games were real fights. That was all I need to understand what it is.

“It is not too easy to come from Germany and to understand what’s really important for English clubs and supporters, but now we are in the final and my impression is that it is really important for all of us – so we will try all we can.”

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