I think if there is anything to take from Liverpool "winning" and it is a stretch to connect them to this but I will try anyways, is to not be satisfied with an ok squad.
As many have posted with the squad they had when Klopp took over and played us they totally revamped it while we still have the majority of our core intact. They moved guys out when it was clear they were a problem (Courtinho) or were not good enough (Skrtel, Mignolet, Moreno, Sakho etc) even though they had some success with those players and they were somewhat rated.
They did not sit on their ok accomplishment and hoped guys would just get better or play at their peak they actively went out to improve their team and fill holes. Tottenham for the past 3-4(?) years seemed to have been way more passive letting guys like Erikson, Toby/Jan, Rose stick around so that their value runs down and hoping that guys like Dele, Dier, Winks, KWP would take big steps up or play at their absolute peak.
LiVARpool also got lucky that some of their guys did take those big jumps TAA, Robertson, Mane and others did play at their peaks for longer than you would expect but they didn't just stay the course they were active in getting what they wanted.
As many have posted with the squad they had when Klopp took over and played us they totally revamped it while we still have the majority of our core intact. They moved guys out when it was clear they were a problem (Courtinho) or were not good enough (Skrtel, Mignolet, Moreno, Sakho etc) even though they had some success with those players and they were somewhat rated.
They did not sit on their ok accomplishment and hoped guys would just get better or play at their peak they actively went out to improve their team and fill holes. Tottenham for the past 3-4(?) years seemed to have been way more passive letting guys like Erikson, Toby/Jan, Rose stick around so that their value runs down and hoping that guys like Dele, Dier, Winks, KWP would take big steps up or play at their absolute peak.
LiVARpool also got lucky that some of their guys did take those big jumps TAA, Robertson, Mane and others did play at their peaks for longer than you would expect but they didn't just stay the course they were active in getting what they wanted.