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Jurgen Klopp Says Liverpool Winning Club World Cup Like 'Landing on the Moon'

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken of the significance of attempting to win the Reds' first FIFA Club World Cup ahead of Saturday's final with Flamengo.

The Merseyside outfit will face the Brazilian side, who are the Copa Libertadores champions, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

Per Goal's Sacha Pisani, Klopp said: "I don't know how you approach something that has never been done before—it is like landing on the moon."

He also refuted suggestions that winning the competition means more to their opponents than it does to his players, whom he said are "100 per cent clear" in their desire to win it:

"It is how it sounds: the team World Cup winner.