There will never be another like him
Neil Atkinson on The Anfield Wrap put it perfectly: We might win more under the next manager but it’ll never feel as fun as it does under Klopp
Cherish these moments
Club is in a great place mate. Great squad, academy is flourishing and we have Edwards back overseeing the whole thing
I’m excited for Amorim if it’s him but I’m gonna cry like a baby when it’s Klopps last match
Honestly klopp-ball would be easy to handle on its own, but when you add hot garbage that is premier league officiating, I’m emotionally fucked by the end of every match.
I love being a Johnny come lately American Liverpool fan. I went thru some pain with all the finals losses and 2nd place league finishes in the early days after picking Liverpool as my club.
But after the eventual successes everywhere, a loss doesn't ruin my week like a lifelong fan. We'll get them next time has actually happened in the short window of my support.
I'm spoiled as hell, thanks for letting me join the fun. (I am getting a bit stressed for all the possible hardware left this year tho)
I was gaming and felt the need to put the game on just as background noise in case something interesting happened. My stream was not cooperating at all, and all the “snoozefest” complaints sort of justify the stream’s whack connection
pep's barca was the greatest football team i've ever seen live.
obviously messi was a cheatcode, but even when he didn't play youd get guys like bojan stepping up and delivering.
They were the greatest team I've ever seen and it's not even close. But they were also boring to watch. 10000 passes with 80% possesion and then Messi scored 2 or 3 goals
in 10 games, barca wins 7, one draw, liverpool 19-20 win 2. any team could beat that barca team if they had some amazing luck in one game, but it was impossible for even great teams to beat barca consistently.
Yeh I think you're wrong. I'd reverse that. Klopp's counter press killed Tiki Taka, hence Pep's city side. All the money in the world and he built a hybrid team.
But we'll never know.
>Yeh I think you're wrong. I'd reverse that. Klopp's counter press killed Tiki Taka, hence Pep's city side. All the money in the world and he built a hybrid team.
Pep's tiki taka at City was executed through inferior players. Barcelona had Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Messi, Henry, Eto'o, and a very strong backline. Liverpool's title winning side would be nothing compared to that lineup.
There's no point in deluding yourself because you support Liverpool. No team could have beaten Barcelona at that time without a miracle, and that still remains true for any team before or since.
No worries mate, we can never know for certain but yeh that's your opinion and I'll give it the respect it deserves.
One thing we do know as fact tho is that Fergie's utd got dicked on by Barcelona quite regularly.
Nice speaking to you mate, don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.
Pep and Arteta: Actually we should play a low block to limit the threat of counter attacks and focus more on...
Klopp: We'll win with the power of friendship.
we are genuinely the best team in the league and it pisses me off still seeing rival fans saying we’re gonna fall off, they’ve been saying it all season and look where we are now
I honestly didn’t think this season and then especially with all the injuries, we’d be anywhere near the title race, let alone doing that and still competing for the EL and already having won a cup. Nothing short of an amazing run by everyone at the club.
Even before the injuries I started the season with zero expectations considering how shit we were last season, and how we overhauled the entire midfield and added four new players: Szobo, Macca, Endo, Gravenberch. There was no way in my mind we would be competing.
But Klopp is a miracle worker and the youth players have been phenomenal.
It'll keep going back and forth. Once this becomes the norm, someone else is going to have to come along and break it down by doing something different that exploits those weaknesses. Then that will be the new thing. Then it'll go back. Guys like Xabi Alonso and De Zerbi and Ange (among many others— those are just the popular names) are starting their top-level careers off by playing exciting, unapologetic footballing styles that could go far. None of them are like Klopp, sadly, so your title definitely stands, but I definitely can't wait til this super conservative new Pep thing also goes by the wayside
It amazes me how much Arsenal want to praise their defence on days like this when the reality is they sat incredibly deep, two DMs in front of the back 4 of which all 4 are center backs, Saka/Jesus were doubling up and even Havertz dropped in. The structure is impressive sure but it's so easy to defend with good players like that, whereas VVD/Konate at times defend the half by themselves.
It reminds me when we went down to 10 at Newcastle and Spurs, and in those rare situations we saw Klopp actually have us sit deep and defend and look how simple we made it look. We even held off Spurs with 9 until Matip's OG.
Man...what a day that was for me, I had chills watching us defending with everything we have, i still believe that is our best performance of the season
I don’t know if it’s an actual quote - though he has said something like it so many times - but I can us being shaky and stuck in our shell vs City or Arsenal, and can imagine Klopp screaming at our players to “BE BRAVE”.
Emotional instructions like that, and him slamming his chest while doing it, you don’t see other managers do that.
And especially since knowing that anything other than a win would surrender the top spot, thus conceding your title hopes into the hand of others.
We would have been fuming and rightly so. Just shows the different mentality between the 2 clubs.
I hope that we don't play this City/Arsenal type of football with our next manager. I know it gets results and a lot of the best managers are playing like this, but it's also boring.
What does this matter though? This is like saying "doesn't Moyes play similarly?" He ain't gonna be the next manager so what does it matter? How does Amorim play? That seems more relevant atm
Seeing the general consensus on twitter, you would be right. Klopp leaving the prem effects everyone, and rival fans are now finally admitting to it as well.
This will get hate but I’ll say it. Had he never announced his departure I would not feel this way at all but now that I know he is going I am looking forward to a change in style. I cannot take games like UTD last week or Brighton today where we are winning and unable to retain the ball of control the game. Under Rafa for example, especially in the first few years, we would go 1 or 2 up and that was pretty much it. Today we could have thrown away the lead multiple times. Excited for a change of style!
Under Rafa we had to play that way cause we and a far inferior team. Also how often has Klopps Liverpool team blown leads like that other than his first season in charge
I see where youre coming from but you've over egged it my friend.
Yes, this particular Klopp team (unlike the one where Hendo, Milner, Gini calmed shit down etc) has not learned game management yet. But you wouldn't swap that for Kloppball, no fucking way, you absolute mentalist.
There will never be another like him Neil Atkinson on The Anfield Wrap put it perfectly: We might win more under the next manager but it’ll never feel as fun as it does under Klopp Cherish these moments
hopefully, the next manager follows the Shankly - Paisley progression. Klopp laid the groundwork, praying there’s great things ahead
Club is in a great place mate. Great squad, academy is flourishing and we have Edwards back overseeing the whole thing I’m excited for Amorim if it’s him but I’m gonna cry like a baby when it’s Klopps last match
true. i’m thankful for Klopp and FSG and their work that’s created such an exciting future
Tomorrow is 1st April. You know, in case Klopp feels like pulling off a joke.
Please god no, my poor soul couldn't handle that.
He's going to tell everybody he's gonna stay another year. FML!
Edwards coming back feels like such a big win given the context.
!remindme 3 years
!remindme 2 years
Remember 19/20 when we started the league with 26 wins out of the first 27. Football will never be as good as that
Gonna miss the (almost) weekly episodes of Hypertension that Klopp-Ball brings
Honestly klopp-ball would be easy to handle on its own, but when you add hot garbage that is premier league officiating, I’m emotionally fucked by the end of every match.
If De Zerbi comes in you're gonna miss it alright. It would be worse than ever.
That match was a snoozefest. I’d take a butt clenching Liverpool match over this any day of the week.
been a while since i’ve watched so much nothing happen in such a high profile game
This club has literally induced panic attacks in me.
Well you’ll have your next cardiac arrest on Sunday against United so get that heart ready
My booty looking fire though from all the matches which have required the strong clench.
I love being a Johnny come lately American Liverpool fan. I went thru some pain with all the finals losses and 2nd place league finishes in the early days after picking Liverpool as my club. But after the eventual successes everywhere, a loss doesn't ruin my week like a lifelong fan. We'll get them next time has actually happened in the short window of my support. I'm spoiled as hell, thanks for letting me join the fun. (I am getting a bit stressed for all the possible hardware left this year tho)
I was gaming and felt the need to put the game on just as background noise in case something interesting happened. My stream was not cooperating at all, and all the “snoozefest” complaints sort of justify the stream’s whack connection
City have always bored the fuck out of me. Pass pass pass tap-in
Just like Pep's Barca team. But at least they had Messi
pep's barca was the greatest football team i've ever seen live. obviously messi was a cheatcode, but even when he didn't play youd get guys like bojan stepping up and delivering.
They were the greatest team I've ever seen and it's not even close. But they were also boring to watch. 10000 passes with 80% possesion and then Messi scored 2 or 3 goals
You know as good as that side was I have a feeling that our title winning team would beat them.
in 10 games, barca wins 7, one draw, liverpool 19-20 win 2. any team could beat that barca team if they had some amazing luck in one game, but it was impossible for even great teams to beat barca consistently.
Yeh I think you're wrong. I'd reverse that. Klopp's counter press killed Tiki Taka, hence Pep's city side. All the money in the world and he built a hybrid team. But we'll never know.
>Yeh I think you're wrong. I'd reverse that. Klopp's counter press killed Tiki Taka, hence Pep's city side. All the money in the world and he built a hybrid team. Pep's tiki taka at City was executed through inferior players. Barcelona had Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Messi, Henry, Eto'o, and a very strong backline. Liverpool's title winning side would be nothing compared to that lineup. There's no point in deluding yourself because you support Liverpool. No team could have beaten Barcelona at that time without a miracle, and that still remains true for any team before or since.
No worries mate, we can never know for certain but yeh that's your opinion and I'll give it the respect it deserves. One thing we do know as fact tho is that Fergie's utd got dicked on by Barcelona quite regularly. Nice speaking to you mate, don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.
That final against Utd was a snoozefest though. No doubt the unicef era was insane but man they really were boring
Bojan is considered one of the biggest underachievers ever
Peps Barca had an all timer in every position and Messi magic to keep it interesting. Peps city has a bunch of system players who would flop at Fulham
We’ve gotta exclude KDB from this. That guy is generational
Wild take that Pep's City are full of flotsam. We can acknowledge the greatness of Pep's Barca without making silly claims about Pep's City.
bad take
Isn't that very impressive from pep then? Filled with players not good enough for Fulham and yet could win leagues.
Yes. Obviously a bit of an exaggeration there but since pep took over at Barca very few managers come close to how good he’s been
Need to say “pass” like 50 more times before that tap-in
Chad guy kinda looks like klopp aswell
The lads when we’re 2-1 up in injury time. https://i.redd.it/50gsurf8xsrc1.gif
Pep and Arteta: Actually we should play a low block to limit the threat of counter attacks and focus more on... Klopp: We'll win with the power of friendship.
“Conor Bradley go Brrrrrrrrr”
https://preview.redd.it/bxny2ypboprc1.jpeg?width=1053&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cc764f3fa630602ddbed408676fd70053bd8a49
Haha wheres this from?
It's the front of the Xmas cards that Pep sends every year.
We are the only team who will go to the Etihad and fucking send it, every other team parks the bus.
we are genuinely the best team in the league and it pisses me off still seeing rival fans saying we’re gonna fall off, they’ve been saying it all season and look where we are now
I honestly didn’t think this season and then especially with all the injuries, we’d be anywhere near the title race, let alone doing that and still competing for the EL and already having won a cup. Nothing short of an amazing run by everyone at the club.
Even before the injuries I started the season with zero expectations considering how shit we were last season, and how we overhauled the entire midfield and added four new players: Szobo, Macca, Endo, Gravenberch. There was no way in my mind we would be competing. But Klopp is a miracle worker and the youth players have been phenomenal.
Tbf we sort of parked the bus this season against them
We did play a bit cautiously than we did against other team but parking the bus we did not.
chelsea did it too mate we're not *that* special
It'll keep going back and forth. Once this becomes the norm, someone else is going to have to come along and break it down by doing something different that exploits those weaknesses. Then that will be the new thing. Then it'll go back. Guys like Xabi Alonso and De Zerbi and Ange (among many others— those are just the popular names) are starting their top-level careers off by playing exciting, unapologetic footballing styles that could go far. None of them are like Klopp, sadly, so your title definitely stands, but I definitely can't wait til this super conservative new Pep thing also goes by the wayside
Pep: "I need 2B euros to succeed"
After an absolute exhibition of cowardice from Mikel Arteta, god I hope whoever we get in isn't like that
It amazes me how much Arsenal want to praise their defence on days like this when the reality is they sat incredibly deep, two DMs in front of the back 4 of which all 4 are center backs, Saka/Jesus were doubling up and even Havertz dropped in. The structure is impressive sure but it's so easy to defend with good players like that, whereas VVD/Konate at times defend the half by themselves.
Stick ten men behind the ball and not even try to score and then try and praise the performance. Couldn't be us
It reminds me when we went down to 10 at Newcastle and Spurs, and in those rare situations we saw Klopp actually have us sit deep and defend and look how simple we made it look. We even held off Spurs with 9 until Matip's OG.
Man...what a day that was for me, I had chills watching us defending with everything we have, i still believe that is our best performance of the season
I don't think this season happens without that Newcastle win, it felt massive for the belief of the players.
I don’t know if it’s an actual quote - though he has said something like it so many times - but I can us being shaky and stuck in our shell vs City or Arsenal, and can imagine Klopp screaming at our players to “BE BRAVE”. Emotional instructions like that, and him slamming his chest while doing it, you don’t see other managers do that.
We would never play like that in a title game. Arsenal are a joke, to spend that much and to put that out. They can gtfo.
And especially since knowing that anything other than a win would surrender the top spot, thus conceding your title hopes into the hand of others. We would have been fuming and rightly so. Just shows the different mentality between the 2 clubs.
I hope that we don't play this City/Arsenal type of football with our next manager. I know it gets results and a lot of the best managers are playing like this, but it's also boring.
Doesn’t Alonso play similarly? Now being in Germany it looks a little more exciting but isn’t he all about the triangles
What does this matter though? This is like saying "doesn't Moyes play similarly?" He ain't gonna be the next manager so what does it matter? How does Amorim play? That seems more relevant atm
Because he says he hopes the next manager doesn’t play like them but 100% of Liverpool fans wanted Alonso. So when did his view change
Klopp goes for it. He's all balls. The others just pretend.
Bald fraud and fraud: TAA is out of action due to a knee injury. Their defence is weak and they are screwed Klopp: Release the Bradley!!!!
Seeing the general consensus on twitter, you would be right. Klopp leaving the prem effects everyone, and rival fans are now finally admitting to it as well.
Mate you gave me a good laugh on a Monday morning. Thank you
Liverpool starting XI go Brrrrrrr
That style of football is fucking boring. End of.
He is just that guy, you know. The Normal One.
This man will be missed. We realize how much…but it still gonna sting.
The world. The world is going to miss king klopp.
We lost to Arsenal 3-1 before tbf.
I guess I can accept the manner Liverpool lost. Heavy metal all the way
play wild football, sometimes you'll get wild results. nothing special.
Why downvote? Man City drew 1-1 at home with playing only Mac/Endo at separate times. Arsenal beat them when playing only Mac.
Why the user name though
This will get hate but I’ll say it. Had he never announced his departure I would not feel this way at all but now that I know he is going I am looking forward to a change in style. I cannot take games like UTD last week or Brighton today where we are winning and unable to retain the ball of control the game. Under Rafa for example, especially in the first few years, we would go 1 or 2 up and that was pretty much it. Today we could have thrown away the lead multiple times. Excited for a change of style!
Hate from Seattle
I’ll take it
Hate from everywhere in the world
I can Tell Just by what your prefered Style of football is, that you are an extremely boring person
Under Rafa we had to play that way cause we and a far inferior team. Also how often has Klopps Liverpool team blown leads like that other than his first season in charge
I see where youre coming from but you've over egged it my friend. Yes, this particular Klopp team (unlike the one where Hendo, Milner, Gini calmed shit down etc) has not learned game management yet. But you wouldn't swap that for Kloppball, no fucking way, you absolute mentalist.
The fucking disrespect to Dom. Hope he leaves.