Jurgen Klopp insists nobody at Liverpool "should ever take for granted" qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League after their 3-0 win against Ajax on Wednesday night.
Goals from Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott were enough to secure the Reds' place in the next stage of the European Cup in Amsterdam as Klopp gets set to learn his fate when the draw is made on November 7.
It's the sixth successive season the Reds have booked their place in the knockout stages of the tournament, but Klopp says no-one should underestimate what a sizable achievement it is ahead of the final Group A clash with Napoli at Anfield next Tuesday.
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“I don’t think a second about the Napoli game but nobody should ever take for granted qualifying for the knockout stages," Klopp said.
"It’s really difficult and we did it again, which is a big achievement in itself in a game that started off really tricky for us and that makes victory sweeter because Ajax are a really good team and we beat them twice.
“Today in the first half-an-hour, 35 minutes they were the better team, much more settled than us. That’s normal as we changed again slightly and from our point of view, we had to and press differently and had to get used to that.
“It’s an away game in the Champions League, it’s difficult and we came through that, one situation where we were probably lucky and the other with a good block. Then we scored our goal and you could see how that opened pretty much everything, which was brilliant and the next situation was a sensational football moment, unfortunately we hit the post there.
“Half-time we had a lot of good moments to show [the players] and try to continue on that pathway. Then scored the two goals and controlled the game which is really good. Now we are really happy going to the last 16."
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