Jurgen Klopp Five Years at the Kop

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“We have to change from doubters to believers.”

That was one of the big messages from Jurgen Klopp as he was appointed as Liverpool manager on October 8, 2015. He’s done just that, and so much more. He also promised “heavy metal football” and famously said that if he hadn’t won the title within four years then he’d be packed off to manage in Austria. Well, it took him four-and-a-half years or thereabouts to end Liverpool’s long title drought, but for Reds fans it was almost worth that wait for the way he built a side that dominated the Premier League like no other team before them had managed.

From that first game at Tottenham, a 0-0 draw would you believe, Klopp has taken Liverpool fans on a wild ride, through gegenpressing, frantic finishes, goal fests, multiple cup final heartaches to coming so, so close to winning the league. Was he destined to be another Anfield nearly-man? The answer was an emphatic no, with perhaps Klopp’s greatest achievement managing to keep his team going following a record-breaking, second-place finish in the Premier League, to grinding out a Champions League title before a season of utter dominance. The energy the German generates on the touchline is second to none. Klopp is a shouting, jumping bundle of tension during Liverpool matches. He’s often been chief supporter and cheerleader, turning into conductor of the Anfield orchestra when his team most needs it. Many wrongly questioned his tactical acumen and general competence as a manager merely because he was an enthusiastic watcher, and prolific hugger of his players, and he was roundly laughed at when he sent his players to the Kop end to salute the fans after a 2-2 draw with West Brom.

There’s a different level to Klopp though, there’s the master motivator, of course, but also the tactical mindset, and man who knows that every ounce of advantage is crucial at top level football. He knew the power of Anfield, well aware that it’s one of the best home advantages in football at times. Getting the crowd involved has helped the Reds to perform miracle (see Barcelona). Improvement has been gradual but consistent, they’ve won more and more games every season and that winning mentality has been nurtured and encouraged. A culture of winning football matches is such a hard thing to develop, but the elusive ingredient has been bred through hard work, tactical know-how, fine signings and a clear direction of how they wanted to play. Klopp’s Liverpool never give up, they’ve produced comeback after comeback after comeback, late goals, close games, almost everything has gone their way during the last couple of years, but it all comes from Klopp and his high-intensity training. Again, something that came into question when injuries struck early on in his reign, but that training program is now a huge reason for their continued excellence and impressive consistency.

Klopp summed it up himself after winning the league: “We play like we play because we train like we train.” Klopp, along with Michael Edwards it must be said, has been superb in the transfer market. You can’t win the Premier League without spending money (Leicester may disagree, of course) but it’s also how you spend it. Man United have spent plenty with little reward, Everton have consistently spent but under-achieved in recent years (until this summer) and even the great Pep Guardiola has hardly got great rewards for the expensive defenders he’s brought in. Although Klopp’s first signings at Liverpool, Marko Grujic and Steven Caulker, may not have been exactly world-beaters, as time goes on it’s harder to find the misses among the many hits. Loris Karius stands out as the keeper ended up costing Liverpool the Champions League final, but even then Klopp showed an attribute not often seen in managers when he admitted his mistake and instead went all-out for Alisson Becker. Sadio Mane for £30m, Joel Matip for free, Gini Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Fabinho are all excellent signings, and ones that fit into Klopp’s system perfectly.

Most notably of course is the Virgil van Dijk transfer, with Klopp not dropping to his next option when made to wait, instead opting to stick it out and sign Van Dijk in January – and soon the flak coming his way for paying that £75m soon changed into how he’d probably pulled off a bargain deal. Signing Alisson, again, showed a great insight into how football, and footballers, work, knowing that teams hardly win anything without a goalkeeper that inspires confidence just as well as he saves shots. Everyone is aware what followed, the earliest ever a Premier League title had been won, despite all that was happening around them – and coming just a season after missing out in the most soul-crushing fashion in an epic title race. Make no mistake, Klopp has performed absolute wonders at Anfield, the pressure was just immense to bring that Premier League title back to the club, but he did it in the most incredible fashion. He’s done it with tactics, he’s done it with an immense passion - shared with the fans - he’s done it with a hunger, a drive and determination that he instils in his players, but also with a smile on his face and a post-match cuddle with his players. Premier League players are strange animals, they need nurturing at times, egos stroked at times and a kick up the backside at others. Klopp has developed the team ethic perfectly, each and every player will run through brick walls for his team and his manager. We’ve not seen many like Jurgen Klopp, and he’ll go down as a Liverpool legend. The club just need to find the right place for his statue.

fevrier 2019

aout 2018

Stats in 2020 when the Interview was done

565 – goals scored in all competitions under Jürgen, averaging 2.08 goals per game

404 – points won in league fixtures since he took over. He averages 2.17 points per match

272 – the number of games played in league and cup during the Klopp era

242 – Roberto Firmino has made more appearances for Liverpool than any other player since Jürgen took charge

239 – games it took to reach 500 goals in all competitive fixtures, in fewer matches than any other Reds boss

197 – the matches Liverpool played in order to reach 400 goals under Klopp, again the fewest number ever

159 – it took the Reds 159 games to reach 100 league wins. No Reds manager has reached the landmark in fewer fixtures, with Sir Kenny Dalglish the next best in 167

155 – Klopp oversaw more victories in his opening 250 matches (all competitions) than any other manager of the club at the same stage (three more than Dalglish)

107 – clean sheets kept by Liverpool in all competitions since his appointment

99 – the most goals scored by any single player in Klopp’s reign: Mohamed Salah

92 – he won more games in his first 150 league fixtures than any other Reds boss ever

88 – players used by Klopp in all competitions

84 – cup ties have been played by Liverpool in his first five years at the club (36 Champions League, 18 League Cup, 14 FA Cup, 13 Europa League, two FIFA Club World Cup, one UEFA Super Cup)

61.03 – the percentage of wins overseen by Klopp in the five years in charge, the best for 124 years

61 – his team are currently 61 league games unbeaten at Anfield, within two of equalling the club record

59 – different teams Klopp has faced as Reds boss; 55 of those have been beaten

58 – goals scored by Liverpool substitutes, with the most coming from Divock Origi (nine)

58 – players have made their Reds debut under Klopp, with Connor Randall being the first and Diogo Jota the latest

52 – the number of occasions Liverpool have scored four goals or more in a game

44 – the number of times the most-used centre-back pairing (Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez) has started a match under the German

42 – the number of different Liverpool players to have scored under Klopp. Emre Can was the first, with Jota the most recent to net his first goal

36 – successive league games the Reds scored in under Klopp from March 2019 to February 2020, a club record

30 – the most frequent result that Liverpool have recorded is a 2-1 victory (30 times)

18 – the most successive league wins in the club’s history, set from October 2019 to February 2020

13 – the number of teams the Reds are unbeaten against in the Premier League under Klopp

8 – the total of winning goals scored by Liverpool in the league under Klopp in the 90th minute or later

4 – the team has won the Premier League Fair Play Award in each of the four full seasons under Jürgen

4 – the number of managers in all of the top four divisions in England who have been at their current club longer than Klopp. The four are Gareth Ainsworth (Wycombe Wanderers), Sean Dyche (Burnley), John Coleman (Accrington Stanley) and Simon Weaver of new boys Harrogate Town

4 – major trophies lifted during his reign: Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and Premier League