Thursday 3 May 2018 23:42, UK
Defender Dejan Lovren believes Liverpool have nothing to fear from 12-time winners and title holders Real Madrid in the Champions League final on May 26.
Liverpool completed a 7-6 aggregate win over Roma on Wednesday night to set up a repeat of the 1981 European Cup final in Paris, where the Reds won the third of their five European Cups.
Jurgen Klopp's side are the competition's top scorers this season with 40 goals and Lovren thinks Real - who were pictured with T-shirts speculating about a potential 13th success after knocking out Bayern Munich on Tuesday - should be wary of their firepower.
"They are quite confident but we don't care for that, we are focused on our job," said the Croatia international.
"Why should we fear them? They should fear us."
Lovren also paid tribute to the huge impact manager Jurgen Klopp has had since arriving at Liverpool in October 2015.
The German led the club to two finals in his first season but lost them both - to take his personal tally of unsuccessful showpiece events to five.
"He changed many things in the club," said Lovren. "Not just the players but things around the club, people, he has changed the mentality, how we think.
"Everything is more positive now.
"Even when we sometimes don't play good, he always finds something good and there is not negativity. He deserves this.
"It is not accidental that he already reached the final of the Champions League in 2013 with Borussia Dortmund.
"He has given the club pride back. Everyone feels that, everyone lives that.
"Everyone should be proud that we have a manager like him."
