Gary Neville thinks Liverpool will accept they were beaten to the title by a "special" side and will therefore not be physiologically affected.
The Reds needed to win and for Manchester City to slip up on the final day of the Premier League season, and kept their side of the bargain by beating Wolves 2-0.
But Pep Guardiola's Citizens ran out 4-1 winners over Brighton on the same day, meaning they pipped Liverpool to the post to win a second title in as many years.
The Liverpool players will no doubt be gutted to have missed out on the title, especially as they lost just one match all season.
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But Neville doesn't believe the disappointment will have a negative affect on them.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Neville said: "[The Liverpool team will be thinking] 'No we are a great side, we just fell short at the end not through our own doing, but because we came up against a really special team'."
"I think it will be the latter. When I think of the Barcelona team that Guardiola had eight, nine years ago, it stopped Manchester United winning three Champions League titles just because they were so good.
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"And Liverpool can just look at it from a philosophical view that they came up against a great side.
"Liverpool this year are far better than I imagined, they have done far more than I ever imagined, I never thought that that squad was capable of mounting a challenge for the title like they have and a Champions League."
