Jurgen Klopp has taken aim at rival Jose Mourinho, claiming he's 'not interested' in what the Manchester United boss has to say.
Mourinho suggested that Liverpool would find this season more difficult than last after booking their place in the Champions League, although the Reds must overcome a qualifying round to make the group stage.
But the German hit back, saying United struggled last season, and the only difference between their campaign and that of the Reds the previous term was the Red Devils got over the line in the Europa League final.
“I’m not interested in what Jose Mourinho says,” he said. “Why should I talk about Manchester United? Jose is talking about us, yes.
“Okay, we had a season like Man United the year before. I don’t know if anybody asked us how it feels.
"Sorry that we lost the final yes, that’s right. We played Sevilla, they played Ajax. That's the difference."
Liverpool haven't had it all their own way in the transfer market this summer, landing Andrew Robertson and Dominic Solanke but so far failing in their pursuit of top targets Naby Keita and Virgil van Dijk.
But Klopp gave short shrift when asked about Merseyside rivals Everton's business.
“First of all, I’m not interested in what other clubs are doing until we play them," he added.
“So they can make the best business or the worst business, I’m not in it. I don’t know why they do the things they do, that’s why I’m completely fine.
“Yes, I heard, of course a few things that they have done. Strikers, good. Wayne Rooney, you don’t have to talk about. The centre-half came. Good. So a lot of really good business. (Davy) Klaasen. So it's all good.
“But, at the end of the day, just like us, they can only line up 11 players. Then we have to see what will happen. But all the teams have tried to get stronger.
“With Everton, usually derbies are really close games. I don’t think we have gone into any of the last few derbies thinking: ‘It's only Everton.’ No. There is a lot of respect and if they’ve done good business, well done.
“But when we face them we still want to win.”