Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini insists victory in the Capital One Cup has given him more confidence he can go out on a high, while Jurgen Klopp is confident his side will ‘strike back.’
A 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Liverpool at Wembley secured the Chilean's third trophy in as many seasons - the League Cup was his first one two years ago.
"Only silly idiots stay on the floor and wait for the next defeat, we will strike back 100%" - Jurgen Klopp
He also remains in the hunt for the Premier League title and the Champions League. City are nine points behind leaders Leicester with a game in hand and hold a 3-1 first-leg lead over Dynamo Kiev in their last-16 European tie.
Pellegrini said the pending arrival of Pep Guardiola in the summer made no difference to his desire to sign off with as many trophies as possible.
"It is important to continue trusting in what we are doing," he said. "We have to play for another 36 points (in the league) yet so we are not going to give up.
"We made a huge step for the Champions League and winning this title gives us a lot of trust. I'm very happy, not because it is my final season, I'm happy for a lot of things.
"I'm happy for the performance of the team, we played against a difficult team in Liverpool, we lost to them at the Etihad (4-1).
"I'm very happy for Willy Caballero, I think he deserved his moment. I'm happy also to win a title in February."
Pellegrini was referring to his second-choice goalkeeper, with whom he kept faith having played him all through the domestic cup competitions this season.
The Argentinian produced three saves in the shoot-out, the best from Lucas Leiva, after Fernandinho's goal early in the second half was cancelled out by Philippe Coutinho.
"I prefer to lose the title than to lose my word, there wasn't any chance for Willy not to play," he added, when questioned why he had not selected number one Joe Hart.
"Maybe your word is not important, maybe the most important thing is to win things, but I think my word is more important than football.
"If you are sure you are going to win it, I would want to win it in this way with Willy being the hero."
Liverpool manager Klopp has to lift his side, whose priority now is the Europa League tie with Manchester United up next month.
The German suffered Wembley heartache in 2013 when he lost the Champions League final as Borussia Dortmund boss.
"We have so many games, do you think I go home and close the door and stay there for four weeks?" he said.
"You have to feel a defeat, you can't say it is not important. It is how it is. You know you can fall down but you have to stand up.
"Only silly idiots stay on the floor and wait for the next defeat, we will strike back 100%.
"You have to feel how it is to lose. It Is really not the best moment but in the morning we can change everything.
"Don't worry, we will go on and we will get better - we have to go the hard way, that is how it is.
"If we carry on and work really hard, there is light at the end of the tunnel. It is really important."
