Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool’s players to remain focused in their final push for Champions League qualification.
A comprehensive 4-0 win over West Ham on Sunday ensured that the Reds remain in the box seat to secure a top four finish ahead of challengers Arsenal.
Winning next weekend’s Premier League finale at home to Middlesbrough will guarantee Europe’s elite club competition returning to Anfield next season.
Steve Agnew’s side have already been condemned to their relegation fate but will be aiming to bow into the Championship with a potential final-day shock.
And Klopp is under no illusion of the risk that Boro will pose in seven days’ time.
He said: “These players did so good this season that we are in the situation we are, 73 points – and nobody gives you 73 points as a present. We had to work for it.
“The boys did it and today we saw a really convincing performance and no doubt about anything.
“But the first sentence the players said in the dressing room was, ‘One more time, one more game’ and we will stay focused, 100 per cent.
“We know about the situation, we know about the difficulty of the next game and nobody will go into this game and underestimate Middlesbrough even one per cent.
“They have had a hard season, it’s hard in a season like this to enjoy football and I am pretty sure they want to enjoy football at Anfield.
“They want to try everything to play good football and that makes life difficult for us.”