Jürgen Klopp’s news conference covered the Alexander-Arnold race, the Merseyside derby and other topics.

As he gets ready for his final Merseyside derby, Jürgen Klopp talked about how his interest in and comprehension of Liverpool’s matches with Everton have grown tremendously.

After leading the Reds to win in the renowned match on 11 previous occasions, Klopp’s final taste of the famed fixture will be on Wednesday at Goodison Park between the city rivals.

To provide an overview of this most recent Premier League situation, the manager hosted a news conference on Tuesday afternoon at the AXA Training Centre. The following is a synopsis of his remarks.

Regarding his final Merseyside derby and its significance for the Premier League standings…

So yeah, it’s evident that this is really important to us. Everton has, in my opinion, pretty much figured things out with the last two results, staying in the league.

They have three home games [in a row] with us and another one this weekend. Their plan is to win all three, at which point everything should unquestionably be resolved.

We don’t need to reiterate that because it is evident to us that the issue is obvious. Like all the other games, this one is incredibly crucial. We undoubtedly understand its significance.

Your colleague from Sky asked me a similar question during our recent interview.

The problem is, I’m not sure when I actually owned a derby. 2016? I mean, I was here for a while beforehand, but I honestly believe it would not be honest of me to have stated anything like, “That’s my game of the year!” right away when you came.

It wasn’t; even though I was aware of everyone’s importance, I didn’t feel it at the time.

Although it shouldn’t be an issue for a team coach, in the interim [right now], I am aware of it and feel it all.

It’s really evident. Over the years, my perception and comprehension have evolved, and for good reason.

Particularly there, [such games] are usually challenging. It was more [comfortable] at home, but I’m not sure whether that’s the correct word to use.

We have a decent record, in my opinion; the only person who has won at Anfield is Carlo Ancelotti, a manager who is well-known throughout the industry.

Although we lost to Carlo, other than that, we had successful games and results, so what happened in the past is not as significant anymore.

We consider this to be a really crucial game, thus our past performance is not too significant in this context. All we need to do is give it a serious try, and that’s what we’ll do.

Regarding his pride in his team this season…

I didn’t consider it that way, and it’s evident that the world is not like this, so I don’t feel the need for a second pride or anything similar.

I would adore returning to any given moment and reflecting, “Wow, where will we end up?”What precisely will occur? Since how are you supposed to know? It’s obvious that as Liverpool, we are constantly ambitious.

As we all know, the most crucial thing for the club is to return and qualify for the Champions League.

Given the poor performance of the previous season, it was imperative that we do just that. That much was evident; we must aim for and attempt to achieve that.It looks good in that department and only that department; it’s not set yet.

We want to win every game now that we are in this position, but I can assure you that we felt the same way after the first matchday.

It’s not like you look that far ahead and decide, “Okay, let’s try to win 38 matches.” You attempt to win them all, but as you know, it just doesn’t work out that way, and you have to deal with all the tiny setbacks, such as injuries and poor performance.

Although I wouldn’t describe it as simple, things were probably going better than anyone could have predicted until two weeks ago.

Then there was this week, when the feelings that followed the performance were worse than the actual performance.

That was preceded by one of our best games ever against [Manchester] United, which we lost in the FA Cup. It’s funny, but we never dominated United like we did there and still lost.

That’s where things got a little bit started, which explains why we don’t score enough goals and other things. Sure, two teams scored more goals than us, but it’s not like they scored 50 goals more than us, based on our stats.