Eden Hazard’s fine finish for Chelsea in Wednesday’s Premier League game left Liverpool staring at a first home reverse since the 1-0 defeat by Manchester United on January 17.
However, an injury-time header from Christian Benteke ensured a point apiece and maintained the buoyant mood in the red half of the city.
Liverpool face Sevilla in the Europa League next Wednesday with both silverware and a Champions League place up for grabs and Klopp believes this result will provide his side with precious momentum and confidence.
But he wants his team to learn the art of remaining calm when everything is not quite going to plan.
“I said to my players after the game it was the most important game of the season because we could learn most from it,” said the German, whose side remain eighth, 10 points above Chelsea.
“We showed in the first 15 minutes what we are capable of. We were great — wonderful football, without scoring.
“But there was not enough faith in our own quality so we lost patience and when you lose patience in football it’s always difficult.
“Without patience, we lost formation. We had a lot of moments around the box when we shot when we should have passed.
“I love this stadium and atmosphere, but everybody lost patience tonight, the crowd too. It’s quite difficult to say ‘Be patient’ when everybody is shouting ‘Run!’
“We all don’t trust our quality. That’s what we have to learn. We can learn that in the future, and we will.”
Klopp praised Chelsea’s showing and accepted that the result could have gone in the other direction, but for a strong second-half defensive showing from his side.
He added: “They could have scored the second, but (goalkeeper) Simon Mignolet did brilliant and Kolo (Toure) and Dejan (Lovren) had one or two situations where they saved our lives.”
