Familiarity certainly didn't breed much contentment for Jurgen Klopp the last time Liverpool crossed swords with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The 3-0 defeat at Molineux at the start of last month was the third meeting inside four weeks between the teams, the Reds tumbling to a harrowing defeat against a side that had been in the relegation zone at the start of the day.
That afternoon proved something of a watershed for both clubs. Klopp sat through a re-run of the match with his squad the following day at the AXA Training Centre before giving them time off with the belief "it makes sense if we don't see each other for two days".
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Since then, Liverpool have revitalised their hopes of a top-four finish with three successive Premier League clean sheets, with wins over Everton and Newcastle United followed by Saturday's goalless draw at Crystal Palace. Wolves, meanwhile, have taken another four points to edge themselves further clear of the drop zone.
Much, therefore, will be at stake when the two teams meet for a fourth and final time this season at Anfield this evening.
"I don’t have to pick up the feeling again after that last Wolves game – the players know it anyway," says Klopp. "But there is important information from that game which we need to use. To which extent, we will have to see.
"And one part of it will be – without saying it probably – (that) we lost there last time 3-0. It was not a cool day – it was actually the opposite of that. But the main difference is that we play at Anfield and we have to make that count as well. These are different games and even two, three weeks in between games is a long period.
"It's a bit strange but it's not the first time. I think once when I'm here we had Arsenal where we played them twice in four days in different competitions, stuff like this. So, we all have that from time to time, (it's) completely fine."
Liverpool's underwhelming campaign has seen them knocked out early as holders of both the League Cup and FA Cup, trail Real Madrid 5-2 in their Champions League round-of-16 tie after the home first leg, and stand in seventh place in the Premier League table, nine points adrift of the top four albeit with two games in hand.
One of those comes this evening. And Klopp is convinced the Reds can still salvage something from the season while rebuilding for the long term.
"We have a future together: the immediate future but there is a bigger picture as well," he says. "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.
"I don't know in this moment what it will be but the obvious spots are not too far away from us and we will see which one we will pick up. But there is no alternative to results. So we need results and for results we need performances and performances we prepare on the training pitch, in the meeting room and then we go.
"It's our decision how we deal with things. I know the world is a crazy place and a lot of things change, but it's still our decision. We have values and principles and all these kind of things. In our case, we don't want to be different - we ARE different as a club, as a group altogether. So, let's live that. And the people did."
Klopp adds: "I know the people applauded Modric and Benzema after the Real Madrid game, but they did for us as well. After a game like this, I think it was deserved, to be honest. The first half was good, not just the first 20 minutes. We conceded after 20. Afterwards everyone told me we had a good 20 minutes - no, we were 2-0 up then, the first half was absolutely fine and 3-2 was a proper knock and too much of a knock.
"I cannot speak for each and every person, but in general I think we have a future together."
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