When the time comes to look back over Jurgen Klopp’s Anfield reign in its entirety, there will be countless special characters and moments to be relived and celebrated.
There are obvious ones which will spring to the forefront of many peoples’s minds - the Liverpool manager taking his players to salute the Kop after Divock Origi’s 96th minute West Brom equaliser and Dejan Lovren’s stoppage time winner against Dortmund ; Sadio Mane’s early Christmas present at Goodison and Virgil van Dijk’s dream derby debut; the transformative signings of Alisson Becker and Fabinho in the wake of heartbreak in Kyiv, epic Barcelona second leg which brought redemption in Madrid, and late fightback at Aston Villa when many Reds just knew their relentless team was going to finally win the Premier League to name but a few.
There are also lesser heralded moments which proved significant in their own way such as Emre Can’s astonishing overhead kick at Watford which helped secure that first Champions League qualification, the 4-3 Anfield victory over Manchester City which proved to Klopp’s men they could hold their own against Pep Guardiola’s champions-elect, Daniel Sturridge’s late leveller at Chelsea which kept the Reds unbeaten until the following January to put them firmly in a title race for the first time and even Alisson’s amazing 95th minute headed winner at the Hawthorns which salvaged the wretched behind-closed-doors covid season.
