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Jurgen Klopp wants Liverpool players to inspire fans and earn their trust

New Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has targeted turning "doubters to believers" in his bid to improve the club's form.

Klopp held his first news conference as Liverpool boss on Friday after agreeing a three-year contract with the club following Brendan Rodgers' sacking on Sunday.

The Reds are currently 10th in the Premier League table, having won three of their opening eight matches of the season under former manager Rodgers.

"This would be a really good moment for a restart," Klopp said. "If someone wants to help Liverpool they have to change from doubters to believers.

"It is important we let the players feel the confidence and the trust of the people. They have to think they can reach the expectations of all the people, of all the fans, of the press."

Klopp referred to himself as "the normal one" when asked about Jose Mourinho's "special one" remark when he arrived in England for his first spell with Chelsea in 2004.

The German was keen to play down his role as saviour or be compared to some of Liverpool's great managers.

"I am a normal guy from the Black Forest. I don't compare myself with these genius managers from the past," he added.

"Not one of these great managers said in his first press conference 'My target is I want to be a legend at the end of my time here.'

"This is a great club because of many good decisions in the past, good players, brilliant players, now we have to work in the present."

Klopp, who won the Bundesliga back-to-back with his former side Borussia Dortmund, also discussed Liverpool's long wait for a title, adding: "Twenty five years ago is a long time.

"In this time all people have tried to get better, to improve, to take the next title. But history is only the base for us. It is all the people are interested in but you don't take history in your backpack and carry it with you for 25 years.

"We can wait for it but I don't want to say we can wait 20 years. If we sit here in four years I think we'll have won one title -- I'm pretty sure."