Liverpool vice-captain Jordan Henderson admits standing in a guard of honour for newly-crowned champions Chelsea should provide the players with all the motivation they need to be better next season.
Jose Mourinho's side won the title with victory over Crystal Palace last weekend and when they run out again at Stamford Bridge the visitors are expected to offer their congratulations, as has become the tradition over recent years.
Henderson admits it will not be a nice feeling having to applaud their rivals but there is a positive to be taken from it.
"You have to respect the team because they have been the best team over the season,'' said the England international. "Of course it will be difficult doing that but you have to pay your respects.
"If that (guard of honour) does happen you have to remember the feeling that it is what we want to achieve. You have to bottle that and make sure next season we can have a really good go and use it as motivation and drive to push on.''
Liverpool have met Chelsea three times already this season, having lost a two-legged Capital One Cup semifinal, but Henderson insists they have the character to get results against their top-four rivals.
"I felt we did well at their place in the Capital One Cup -- and here (Anfield) -- against them,'' he added. "Both legs I felt we performed well and probably deserved to go through but at the end of the day they went through and eventually won it.
"When we go back there we have to play the same way we did the last time we were there and if we do we have a good chance of getting something out of the game.''