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Jurgen Klopp concedes Liverpool's quadruple expectations could be over after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Tottenham at Anfield.
Luiz Diaz got the Reds level with 15 minutes to pursue Heung-min Son had put Spurs ahead, yet Liverpool couldn't observe a late champ as they experienced an interesting goof.
It leaves them level on points with Manchester City having played a game more, with Pep Guardiola's side getting the opportunity to move three focuses clear at the highest point of the Premier League when they face Newcastle on Sunday.
Klopp isn't hoping to get any blessings from City in the last couple of rounds of the time, accepting that the quantity of games Liverpool has needed to play is a critical motivation behind why their fourfold desires might miss the mark.
"I'm unsettled, yet not however miserable as the players are at the present time and it seems to be my responsibility to make sense of why something happens this way," Klopp told BBC Sport.
"Harry Kane and Heung-min Son were totally refreshed, to that end it is so difficult. For that reason the fourfold is so far-fetched, there is an explanation no one has done it in this country. We will continue onward."
He added: "I couldn't imagine anything better than to stay here and say City will drop points yet I can't see it. I wish I would contemplate it however I can't see it. In any case, we will see what occurs."
Tottenham sat back at Anfield true to form however offered a real danger on the cutting edge of their front-three, and could well have won it late on when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg ruined a free header from six yards out.
There was a lot in Liverpool's exhibition that intrigued their chief, regardless of whether the outcome was, at last, a disappointing one.
"A troublesome game, yet I'm truly content with the presentation of my young men against a top group that could play Champions League next season," Klopp said.
"They have elite strikers on the pitch set up for counter-going after. It makes life difficult, 1-0 down is troublesome and we tried to avoid panicking and constrained the adjuster.
"Our mindset was unbelievable and the counter-squeezing was an alternate level. In any case, we confronted an adversary set-up for counter-assault with an entire week to get ready, that's what we acknowledge and it is a draw. "
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