Jurgen Klopp has accepted that Liverpool are resigned to playing in the Europa League - despite the Reds having an outside chance of still getting into the top four.
Newcastle United fans had the champagne on ice on Saturday as Aston Villa led at Anfield until the 90th minute when Roberto Firmino equalised to postpone the celebrations on Tyneside.
But even after scrambling a point, Liverpool would need to thrash Southampton and hope that Newcastle lost to both Leicester and Chelsea and even then there would need to be a massive swing in the goal difference stakes.
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With the Brazilian's late leveller keeping Liverpool's slim hopes alive, Klopp dismissed the chance of any dramatic climb into the Champions League places. He said: "I think the whole season is rather a season where we qualify for Europa League than for Champions League. We were for too long not good enough or ourselves.
"I think we made it pretty exciting. I didn’t think that was possible seven weeks ago, the boys did really well in that period. I think our people enjoyed it as well, you could see today they are not angry with us, they are looking forward to a new Premier League season and Europa League season.
"So do I. I know we have still a game to play."
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