Jurgen Klopp had a capacity to make people feel good about themselves. One of the more unheralded ways came in difficult seasons. Klopp finished them well.
In 2020-21, Liverpool won their final five league matches, and eight of the last 10, to secure qualification for the Champions League. In 2022-23, Liverpool won seven of their last nine league games. They nevertheless ended up in the Europa League. In each case, however, Liverpool’s spring surge offered optimism the following campaign would be better. In each case, it was.
