Jurgen Klopp has lauded Liverpool's end-of-season 2021/22 trophy parade, less than 24 hours after the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid, as the most extraordinary experience of his life.
As Liverpool headed into the penultimate few weeks of the season with both the FA Cup and League Cup already in the bag and well-placed to add to those honours with their Champions League and Premier League quests for glory, Liverpool and Liverpool City Council drafted plans to carry out a parade on the final Sunday of the campaign regardless of if they managed to add the two lucrative trophies to their cabinet.
However, as it transpired, the Reds would be pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester City on the final day of the season as the Citizens came from two goals behind to beat Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa 3-2 and win their fourth league title in five years. The following week the Champions League final in Paris, which was overshadowed by the inhuman treatment of supporters trying to enter the Stade de France, saw Klopp's men fall to a 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid.
