Broken glasses, miracles, and Manchester United: Liverpool fans on the best of the Jurgen Klopp era

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Eleven years ago this week, Jurgen Klopp walked into Anfield and told a room full of sceptical reporters that Liverpool fans, exhausted from years of under performance, needed to change from ‘doubters to believers.’Few would have predicted just how emphatically Klopp would achieve exactly what he set out to do – and so much more – over the next, rollercoaster nine years.11 years have now passed since the German uttered those prophetic words, and to mark the anniversary, a massive thread kicked off on TalkingPoints, with fans debating their absolute favourite moments from the former Liverpool boss’ reign. Jurgen Klopp was appointed as manager of Liverpool 11 years ago today!

Here is what the community had to say.Barcelona and the chaos of Carrow RoadYou simply can’t talk about Klopp’s Liverpool without talking about the Champions League. Naturally, things got a bit edgy, with United supporter dale.odonnell initially joking that his favorite Klopp memory was ‘probably when he left.’But jokes aside, the banter shifted into something you rarely see in football these days: genuine, unfiltered respect, as Dale praised Klopp for going toe-to-toe with ‘cheats’ Manchester City.You could hardly begrudge United supporters being happy to see the back of Klopp, and the incredible 7-0 win over the Red Devils in March 2023 ranks right up there with some of his best days at Liverpool.

He did not always beat United, but Klopp certainly handed the old enemy some of the most humiliating days in their history.And when rival fans are admitting that you’re the best they’ve ever seen, you know you did something right.A relationship with Liverpool fans which will never dieRemember when rival fans spent years mocking Klopp for making the players hold hands and bow to the Kop after a 2-2 draw against Tony Pulis’ West Brom in 2015? With the team surprisingly losing 2-1 to West Brom with the game coming to an end, fans could have left, but they listened to his call, stayed and watched as Divock Origi salvaged a point in the dying stages.It was not a perfect result, obviously, but Klopp was thankful to the supporters and it marked a fundamental shift in the relationship between manager, team and home crowd which would propel Liverpool to the highest of heights.Others pointed out some of Klopp’s most memorable moments off the pitch too, from his interruption of Alisson Becker’s first interview with the club, to ‘Adriaaan’ to his plethora of entertaining interviews.