“Thursday nights, Channel 5!”
It might be a decade since Channel 5 last aired the Europa League, but the terrace taunt is still not forgotten. And with Liverpool often finding themselves playing in the continent’s less prestigious competition, if they even qualified for Europe at all, prior to Jurgen Klopp ’s Anfield arrival, the Reds were on the receiving end of such mocking far more than they would have liked.
In truth, the tournament was kind to Liverpool in its previous guises, with only Sevilla able to better the Reds’ total of three wins in the tournament. And they would have been desperate to win the competition when losing to the La Liga outfit in the final in Klopp’s first season in charge.
