Jürgen Klopp insists Liverpool will not suffer hangover from last season

Liverpool bought Darwin Núñez in the summer. ‘We don’t have to reinvent ourselves but we can include new things here and there,’ Jürgen Klopp said. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

Jürgen Klopp has said missing out on the Premier League title and Champions League in May did not drive Liverpool “crazy” but can increase their motivation to win both major honours this season.

Liverpool start the new campaign at the King Power Stadium with Saturday’s Community Shield against Manchester City, who pipped them to the league by one point on the final day of last season. Klopp’s team lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid six days later. Liverpool did win the FA Cup and Carabao Cup and Klopp believes their success will ensure “everybody wants to hurt us” this term, although he is adamant there will be no hangover from how last season ended.