"Yes, there is pressure," Klopp told Liverpool's official website https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/336643-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-title-race-dortmund ahead of Monday's league game at West Ham United.
"There was pressure last year, a lot of pressure when we played Manchester City away in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and we dealt with it.
"There was pressure (in the Champions League semi-finals) at Rome, there was pressure in so many moments in the Premier League. We had to win each game.
"Will there be nervous moments? Yes, for sure. Don't make them bigger than they are because there were nervous situations last year, two years ago, three years ago. That is part of football."
Liverpool could end a 29-year wait for the league title if they can hold on until the end of the season and Klopp knows the club's fans are likely to be feeling tense.
"This club has not been champions for 29 years, so how can people sit there and watch it like (they are watching) City?" he said.
"I don't know how often they have been champions in the last five or six years – 'Yeah, one more, why not? Whatever.'
"It's a different situation. We really, the people really, desperately want it, that is how it is, they really want it with all they have. I get that and we try with all we have. But there are no guarantees. I am not a nervous person."
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
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