Reigning champions Manchester City have a one-point lead over Liverpool at the pinnacle of the desk in advance of Sunday's final day of the English pinnacle-flight campaign.
Liverpool, who are at domestic to Wolves, want to better the result finished via City towards an Aston Villa side managed via Reds splendid Gerrard if they may be to take the identify and live on route for a wonderful quadruple of major trophies inside the one season.
The Premier League changed into the simplest winner's medal missing from former England midfielder Gerrard's illustrious profession at Anfield.
And whilst Klopp joked Friday he could have preferred to see Gerrard nonetheless on the pitch, the German insisted he had no longer given a lot idea to all of Sunday's feasible situations.
"I can recognize those sort of situations handiest via thinking myself in that role," he said.
"If I would play a game and will help (Borussia) Dortmund or Mainz that would be, for me, an extra motivation -- but I don't play.
"And Stevie does not play. That is a disgrace, tons greater of a disgrace that Stevie isn't always gambling than I am no longer playing."
Klopp brought: "We are all people. Stevie will take it one hundred percent serious, I am sure, without me calling him or some thing, I do not should -- the rest of the club in all likelihood already did it however I did not."
The Reds supervisor referred to the overall performance of Crystal Palace, who went 2-0 up in opposition to Everton only to lose three-2 on Thursday -- a result that ensured the top-flight survival of Liverpool's near neighbours -- as evidence of footballers' innate competitiveness.
"A really proper instance of how inspired football groups are to fulfil their very own goals is closing night's recreation for Crystal Palace," stated Klopp.
