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Jurgen Klopp challenges Liverpool to seal spot in Champions League knockout stages in 'all or nothing' clash against Spartak Moscow: 'We are going for something big'

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Jurgen Klopp has branded Liverpool's showdown with Spartak Moscow as 'all or nothing' and challenged his players to carry the club onto the stage they crave.

The last time Liverpool progressed to the Champions League knockout phase was in 2009. Back then, Rafa Benitez was manager of a team that included Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso; they were eventually eliminated by Chelsea in the last eight.

That defeat came at the end of a golden five-year period during which they won the trophy (2005), contested another final (2007), as well as making it to the last four (2008).