Liverpool fans paid tribute to Jürgen Klopp during his final game at Anfield, but also recognized his entire era at the club by bringing back some old chants.
You can count on Liverpool supporters to step up to the plate. Perhaps the Kop’s unplanned goodbye gesture will have affected Jürgen Klopp the most out of all the club’s planned tributes.
After all, Klopp has pleaded for attention to be focused on the greater picture while downplaying the story of his exit for the majority of the second half of the season.
That did not seem very likely today, of all days, yet the Liverpool supporters rose to the challenge and found the ideal balance.
Klopp was clearly moved by the usual pre-match You’ll Never Walk Alone, and there were of course interpretations of his song. However, in a somewhat unexpected turn of events, Anfield was filled with the sounds of some ancient hymns.
The sound of Si Señor echoed across Anfield shortly after kickoff. This, in a sense, was an homage to the manager, acknowledging all that has been accomplished during his stay.
One of the key characters of the Klopp period. Still, Klopp will have been pleased to see his players take center stage. And practically everyone was included, since Anfield nearly ran out of songs.
There were tributes to Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mané, and of course Divock Origi in addition to Roberto Firmino.
With his fourth goal against Barcelona and subsequent Champions League final victory over Spurs, the Belgian was undoubtedly the most memorable player of the Klopp era.
Many of the players who were still with the team at the time were also well-known. Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah, and many more players had their songs shouted, demonstrating the enormous amount of players who have flourished under Klopp.
According to Liverpool.com, this was Anfield at its finest. Although Klopp preferred to concentrate on the game, he would have appreciated this homage, which was more of a celebration of the previous nine years than it was of the manager. Naturally, though, Klopp is the one who has made the past nine years possible.
It is unlikely that as many of these songs would have been written if the German hadn’t taken over; he has turned Liverpool into a formidable force, and the chants heard at Anfield served as a wonderful remembrance of some of the experiences that will live on forever.
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