Jurgen Klopp moved to Liverpool with all the fanfare of a bonafide rock star. 35,000 people tracked his flight from Dortmund to Liverpool’s John Lennon airport. Since his arrival, Klopp has mostly lived up to the hype too. He’s been fun and engaging with the media, once telling the writers to “cool down” because they were typing so hard.
Klopp has also been brutally honest with his supporter base. When lots of Reds fans left Anfield early on November 9th, Jurgen Klopp admitted that he was hurt by that.
Today, however, was a completely different story. Klopp said that the Anfield crowd present for his side’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion was the best that he’s experienced during his short time in Merseyside.
“It was the best atmosphere since I came here.”
“Of course people are disappointed but they didn’t let us feel that. They saw that the lads tried everything and played football. We stayed in the game, had a few moments where we not so good, but only set plays that cost us. If we can do that better then maybe win games more easily.”
“I’m satisfied now because it was the perfect finish to this game. The one point was the minimum that we deserved today. Two set plays cost us, we knew about their quality in these situations but we tried. It was difficult.”
“We created chances, made a perfect goal then conceded those two. But at the end I can live with it. This could prove to be a very special moment for us in the season to strike back against such a team.”
Under Jurgen Klopp, LFC has shown a lot of improvement in the Premier League, and they’re still alive in both the Europa League and the League Cup. So indeed Reds supporters have something to be excited about again.
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