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Liverpool news: Jurgen Klopp urges his players to channel their ‘inner Rocky Balboa’ to land silverware

Jurgen Klopp has urged Liverpool to channel their inner Rocky IV to produce two more knockout blows. Liverpool provided one of football's biggest shocks on Tuesday night with their momentous 4-0 victory over Barcelona after trailing 3-0 in the Champions League semi-final.Now they must somehow try to repeat it by beating Wolves tomorrow and hoping leaders Manchester City – who are a point ahead of them – slip up at Brighton to clinch the club's first Premier League title, and end a 29-year wait for them to be champions. Then Tottenham stand in the way of them winning the Champions League final.From extras.Reds manager Klopp was willing to compare the toe-to-toe title race with City to the brutal and bloody battle won by boxing movies' most famous underdog.In Sylvester Stallone's blockbuster, Rocky Bilbao somehow triumphed against Soviet giant Ivan Drago, who had fatally beat Rocky's friend Apollo Creed in the ring.“Rocky IV, it was always Rocky IV,” said Klopp when asked which Rocky he would be. “All the others are Ivan Drago. It has been a slug?