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The German remains optimistic despite an underwhelming campaign.
Jurgen Klopp has provided a positive message to Liverpool players and supporters amid their ongoing poor run.
Commenting on the Reds’ chances of finishing in the top four, Klopp was confident about the possibility of Champions League football next season.
Liverpool are trailing Tottenham Hotspur, who occupy the final Champions League spot, by nine points.
"There are 15 games left, and that’s 45 points. If there is a club that can do it, I really think it is us. Honestly. Because of all the things we achieved these last years, we achieved them together, neither without the team nor without the crowd. Nothing.
We have a future together: the immediate future from tomorrow on, but there is a bigger picture as well. We will strike back in general, but now we have to make sure that we really squeeze everything out of this season that we can get.
It was a general thing, and for a little moment, I thought about myself as well. We will have a future together as well," Klopp explained.
In the Premier League, the Reds have kept three clean sheets, and Klopp is rather impressed, although they conceded five goals against Real Madrid – in a Champions League tie - in between.
"In between, we conceded five – we cannot ignore that completely, even when it was Real Madrid. Generally, the defending was absolutely OK. Most of the things are OK, but we have to make sure we bring it all together to the next level. I love Ali [Alisson Becker] making saves, but I would have no massive problem with him making no saves in the game – and not because he concedes so many, but because they don't have a shot on target.
There are different ways of defending. We can have a clean sheet and the goalie has 20 saves, and you can have a clean sheet and the goalie didn't see the ball, so that's a massive difference.
We can improve in all departments, we know that, but when you have a clean sheet then some things went absolutely right and it's the main reason, I would say, for a win because we don't concede," added Klopp.
The Reds will play Wolves - for the fourth time in 2023 - on Wednesday night for a Premier League match at the Anfield Stadium.
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