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Dan Kay

Dejan Lovren on the Barcelona example he wants Liverpool to follow

Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has spoken of the ambition within the Reds squad to become serial trophy winners and be regarded as one of the club's best ever sides.

Jurgen Klopp's men sit 22 points clear of nearest challengers Manchester City at top of the Premier League and are a maximum of six wins away from end the club's 30-year drought for a league championship.

With the Reds having lifted the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in the last nine months, the Anfield trophy cabinet has been given a new lease of life but the Croatian defender maintains this Liverpool squad are determined to emulate the great Barcelona side of the late 2000s and win trophy after trophy.

He told Sky Sports: "I've been there from the beginning with Jurgen and it took quite a while, two or three years to build everything up.

"Let's say, we clicked this year - maybe even last year - but we missed out by one point.

"Now we understand each other, what we need, what we want. And I especially want, that we are remembered maybe like the Barcelona team that won in four years [something like] 20 trophies.

"Why should we not do that? I think we can do it and I want that we are remembered as one of the best teams that have played - not only for this year, but for many, many years."

The 30-year-old also spoke of the atmosphere and mentality within the Liverpool dressing room which is driving the Reds on to greater heights seemingly every time they take the field.

"It's not a lie. It's a privilege to be in the dressing-room and to see smiley faces, but it's not just about smiley faces - it's about how we are still reacting on the training ground," Lovren said.

"We are still hungry, still greedy and this is what makes us special to be honest.

"I think many other teams would go easy now with a 22-point lead but we don't look at these 22 points. We are just focused game-by-game and this I think is the simplest way to be the best.

"It is a good experience also for the younger ones, to understand that even if you are on top you still need to work as hard as if you were in the middle of the table or in last position."

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