Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool will need to be “very, very close to perfection” if they are to end Manchester City's domestic rule next season.
The Reds fell agonisingly short in their quest for a first championship in 29 years when they finished a point adrift of City on Sunday.
A 2-0 win home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers wasn't enough as Pep Guardiola's side ultimately romped to a 4-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion to clinch a second successive Premier League crown.
Liverpool's tally of 97 points from 38 games set an unwanted record of being the highest total ever achieved by a non-title-winning team in the history of any of Europe's leading leagues.
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And when asked if he was worried that his team had done so well and still not won the championship, Klopp was adamant there remains further room for improvement.
“No, I'm not worried. That's how it is,” said the Reds boss. “That was the season we played. Next season we will play a different season, that's clear already.
“As long as City are around with the quality that they have and the financial power and all that stuff, it's not that any other team will pass them easily. That's clear.
“We need to be very, very close to perfection to win the Premier League, as long as this is the case.
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“We made unbelievably big steps and I really expect more to come, that's the truth.
“What that means in the end, I don't know. But if you see whatever happens to you in life as the only chance you ever had, then I feel a bit for you, to be honest.
“There's a lot to come, a lot of years, it's all about you and what you do with it, and that's what we do with it.
“People will tell us it's 30 years or whatever (since Liverpool won the league) but they have bigger problems, to be honest, those other clubs.”
Liverpool earned a 30 league win of the season – matching their best-ever tally – and remained unbeaten at Anfield in the top flight for a second successive year thanks to two Sadio Mane goals.
The Reds were briefly top of the table during the first half when Brighton took an early lead against City shortly after Mane's opener.
And Klopp admits his team struggled to deal with the cacophony that enveloped Anfield before City went ahead before the break
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“It's difficult to prepare a team for a situation like that, to say 'if we score and Brighton score, stay calm',” he said. “How can you know how a crowd will react exactly like that?
“It was a little boost obviously in a very good atmosphere, it was like going nuts. Then it was difficult. You could see it.
“Wolves used it in that situation. Until then we were really there, we controlled the game, scored the goal, everything was fine. Wolves didn't really get at us.
“But then 1-0 Brighton opened the door for Wolves a little bit and then it calmed down and it was clear when the atmosphere was not that ecstatic any more that something happened at Brighton which we didn't like.
“I tried to take it like we just had to look after getting 97 points and then see after the game what it means. But it's easy to stand on the sidelines and say that, it's completely different to do it on the pitch.
“But the performance today was another important thing in very difficult circumstances, they won against a very strong Wolverhampton side, 2-0, and it's impressive again.”
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