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How Klopp’s Liverpool TOOK OVER The Premier League

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Jurgen Klopp entered a Liverpool side

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who had just sold all their best

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players, hadn't won a Champions League

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in a decade, and never lifted [music] a

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Premier League title in their history.

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But in just a couple of years, he

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somehow turned them into the most

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terrifying team in all of Europe,

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winning literally every trophy [music]

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there was to win. But how on earth did

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he do it? How did a crazy [music] German

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transform a trophyless Liverpool into

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the greatest team in Europe and doing it

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with [music] half the transfer budget of

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his competitors? This is the insane

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story of how Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool

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quite literally broke football.

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Now, before we get to his time in

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Liverpool, we have to understand how he

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got there because he was no household

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name as a football player. The truth is

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he was bang average at best as he spent

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basically all of his playing career at

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German Lower League club mines who were

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better known for their festivals than

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their football. And after an

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underwhelming playing career was

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finished, he was given the job as their

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manager where he surprised everyone. As

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in just [music] his first season in

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charge, he won promotion to the

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Bundesliga for the first time in the

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club's history. But not only that,

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because then with the smallest budget in

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the entire Bundesliga, he managed to get

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Mines into the UEFA Cup, causing the

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entirety of Germany to start looking at

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Jorgen and wonder what magic he

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possessed as a coach. It wasn't long

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before Barussia Dortmund hired him as

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their next manager and there he really

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shocked the world. He developed his

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gigan pressing style of football which

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blew opponents away. This style was new

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to football. It [music] was an extremely

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high pressing and high energy system

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which other clubs could just not handle.

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During his time in Dortmund, he won the

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Bundesliga twice, the TFB pokeal and

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even reached the final of the UEFA

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Champions League [music] where

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unfortunately he just couldn't get over

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the line. And then it wasn't long before

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Bayern Munich started snapping up their

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best players [music] in Mario Kits and

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Robert Leandowski, meaning Klob Stormman

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started to fade away. [music]

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That was the problem with German

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football because no matter what, Bayyron

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will always dominate eventually. But

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still, the work Jurgen [music] Klob did

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to lift two Bundesliga titles made him

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the most sought-after coach in all of

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Europe. But there was something

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different about Jurgen. He loved the

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fire and the passion in football. That's

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[music] why he loved Dortmund so much.

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That also meant he couldn't take just

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any job in football. There needed to be

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his heart in it. So when [music]

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Liverpool came knocking on the door, a

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sleeping giant with one of the strongest

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fan bases in all of Europe, this

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decision was a no-brainer. But what

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exactly [music] was the state of

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Liverpool at this point in time? Well,

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they'd parted ways with manager Brendan

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Rogers, who, as far as Liverpool

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managers go, had done reasonably well,

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as he came oh so close to the Premier

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League title, if not for that one fatal

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slip from Steven Gerard in 2014. After

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that season, all their star players had

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left the club with Suarez going to

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Barcelona, Sterling to Man City, [music]

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and even Steven Gerard had left to the

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MLS at the end of 2015. And with all

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that happening, Liverpool slipped from

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title challengers to a measly sixth

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place finish by the time Brendan Rogers

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left. But beside the recent issues,

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Liverpool had been struggling for

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decades as they hadn't been able to

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replicate their success in the 1980s,

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lifting only one Champions League and

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zero Premier Leagues [music] in three

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decades. The Liverpool fans were hurting

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because and this time their rivals Man

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United lifted the Premier League title

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13 times and the Champions League twice

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as they overthrew [music] Liverpool to

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become the most successful club in

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England. So now the stage [music] was

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set. Jurgen Klo arrived in Liverpool on

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the 8th of October 2015 as the entire

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fan base prayed he could replicate the

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magic he conjured up over in Dortmund.

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And let me tell you from now, I don't

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think a single Liverpool fan could have

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predicted just how well it was going to

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Now when Klo arrived in Liverpool, this

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club was an absolute mess as they just

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couldn't score goals since the loss of

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Suarez and Sterling. And for some

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reason, Liverpool's owners thought that

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the answer to Liverpool's goal shortage

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was to sign Christian Benteke and Danny

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Ings. This was one of the most average

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Liverpool teams with the only notable

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players being Jordan Henderson, James

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Milner, Bobby Firmino, and the diamond

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of the team, Phillip Coutinho. But

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despite this, expectations at Anfield

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were high with the hope that every new

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manager is the what who will [music]

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bring back the glory days of the8s. But

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Klopp addressed these high expectations

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early on by telling the press, "Does

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anyone in this room think that I can do

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wonders? I'm a normal [music] guy from

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the Black Forest, which was a strong

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contrast to what the press were used to

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with the likes of Mourinho." Jurgen

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Klopp's first Liverpool game came on

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October 17th away to Tottenham [music]

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Hotsour. As the match ended in a

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goalless draw and from the team he put

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out there was no wondering why. In goal

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stood Simon McN. The back four consisted

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of Nathaniel Klein, Martin Scuttil,

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Mamadu Sako and Alberto Moreno. The

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midfield trio saw Lucas Leva, [music]

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Emra Chan and James Milner acting as the

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engine room and the forward line saw

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Adam Lana, Filipe Coutinho and D.

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Kurrigi take center stage. It was going

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to be a long road ahead as that season

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Liverpool struggled in the league and

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eventually finished [music] eighth as

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defensive issues hampered the club's

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hopes with Liverpool conceding 50 league

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goals [music] and Liverpool only signed

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Marco Guich this year, meaning the squad

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saw no meaningful changes. But despite

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the leaky defense, he did start to build

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the foundations of his heavy metal

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football [music] and introduced England

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to gagen pressing where players press

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hard to win the ball back immediately

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after losing possession as well as

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creating a never [music] say die

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mentality that saw Liverpool pull off

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comeback wins and score lastminute

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winners like Adam's [music]

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late goal in a 54 win over Norwich that

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saw Klopp literally break his glasses

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during the celebrations. Cloth also

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managed to reach the League Cup final

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where they lost on penalties to

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Manchester City in one of [music] his

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epic matches against Pep Guardiola. And

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then looking to the Europa League,

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Liverpool faced club's former club

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Barussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals.

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And in [music] a dramatic second leg,

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Liverpool came back from 3-1 down to win

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4-3 in the last minute and then beat Via

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Real in the semis to make it to the

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final. But unfortunately, Klopp couldn't

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[music] get his hands on his first

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Liverpool trophy, as the team lost 3-1

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to Sevilla in the final, making it

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[music] two final defeats in his very

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first season. This was also adding fuel

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to rival fans as criticism as he had

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also lost the Champions League final

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[music] when he was with Dortmund,

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prompting fans to label him as a bottler

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who couldn't get over the line. But

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after this season, Klopp knew who was to

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stay and who was to go. And in that

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summer, [music] Liverpool binned off 15

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players including Benteke, Joe Allen,

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Mario Balotelli, [music] and Martinell,

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meaning the Brendan Rogers era was truly

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over. This also meant Klopp could really

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start putting his stamp on the squad.

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And he did exactly that by splashing out

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on Southampton forward [music] Sadio

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Mané as well as adding Joel Matip, Loris

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Camrias, and Georgino Winaldum to the

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team. Now due to their eighth place

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finish, [music] Liverpool had no

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European football going into 201617. And

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this actually proved to be a blessing as

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it meant more time on the training

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ground, more focus on the style and

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growth was definitely coming.

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Despite losing to Burnley in the second

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week of the season, Liverpool started

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201617 on fire, winning eight of their

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opening 11 games to go top of the table

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at the start of November thanks to the

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attacking form of Sadio Mané and Roberto

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Firmino as Liverpool scored four or more

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goals in five of those opening 11 games,

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which actually [music] kept a title

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challenge through Christmas. But this is

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when Sadio Mané had to go to the Africa

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Cup of Nations. And without him,

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Liverpool slumped to a five-game winless

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streak, putting title hopes to bed

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[music] very quickly. Come the end of

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the season, they had a strong push and

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secure Champions League football with a

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3-nil win over Middlesborough on the

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[music] final day. But still, their

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defensive issues caused them problems

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all year. And to make matters [music]

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worse, come the summer, Liverpool were

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about to be hit with some bombshell news

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as their star player, Felipe Coutinho,

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was asked to leave the club with [music]

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Barcelona offering a huge fee for the

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Brazilian. Coutinho had signed a 5-year

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deal just 6 months prior, but with this

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strong interest, his head had turned,

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meaning Liverpool [music] spent the

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whole summer fighting off higher offer

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after higher offer, managing to keep

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Felipe at the club for now. But during

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that same summer, there [music] was one

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bit of business that Liverpool did which

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can be seen as the watershed moment in

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the club's [music] recent history, a

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signing who quite literally changed the

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trajectory of the entire [music] club,

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and that was Mohammad Salah. Whilst now

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we look back and think about this

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signing is obvious, it [music] really

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wasn't at the time. You see, Salah had

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already played in England for Chelsea a

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[music] couple years prior but struggled

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to perform. He had then been loaned out

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to Florentina, then to Roma in Italy,

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and eventually joined on a full transfer

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where he finally began to shine, scoring

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19 goals as Roma [music] finished second

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in the Syria. Ah, but still fans were

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questioning whether he could perform in

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the Premier [music] League, especially

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as Liverpool spent more than4 million

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pounds on him, which at the time was a

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club record sum. So now Klo had

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completed his attacking unit, a front

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three consisting of Salah, Firmino, and

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Manet with Coutinho playing in behind

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them. And they started the season

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awfully. They were battered 5-nil by

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Manchester City, 4-1 to Spurs, and won

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only three of their opening nine games.

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But then something just clicked as

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Liverpool smashed through the league

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with a 14game unbeaten run that pulled

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them up to third with Salah scoring 13

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goals in that run alone as he already

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established himself as one of the

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deadliest wingers in the league. The

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same cloud story continued. Goals galore

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on both ends [music] as the defense just

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wasn't good enough until finally the

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January transfer window rolled around

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and Liverpool completed the signing of

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Virgil van [music] Dyke from Southampton

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for a jaw-dropping 70 million pounds,

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smashing the club record Liverpool had

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spent on Salah in the summer. But this

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deal [music] was only made possible

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because they knew what was about to

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happen the following week. Filipe

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Coutinho kept pushing for that move and

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finally got his [music] way as Barcelona

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dropped over a hundred million pounds on

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their star man. This felt like a

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devastating blow at the time. But

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looking back, [music] it was the turning

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point of the club as the team was

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finally starting to take shape in the

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way Klo was envisioning. Van Djk and

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Deon Lret as the center back pairing

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local [music] boy Trent Alexander Arnold

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and summer signing from Hull City, Andy

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Robertson as the fullbacks, James

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Milner, Jordan Henderson and Waldam in

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midfield and Salah Firmino and Manet up

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front. This team was doing [music] well

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in the league too, even beating Pep

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Guardiola's basically invincible Man

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City team 4 to3. And Salah, [music]

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well, he was on absolute fire, scoring

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four goals in one game against Watford

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and finishing the season with 44 [music]

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goals in all competitions, even breaking

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the Premier League goalcoring record in

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his first year in England, landing him

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the PFA player of the season award, too.

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But while Liverpool only finished fourth

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in the league, this season was all about

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the Champions [music] League, as

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Liverpool smashed Porto in the round of

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16, then even beat Man City 5-1 on

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aggregate in the quarterfinals. The

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semi-final looked to be just as

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comfortable as Liverpool went 5-2

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against Roma at Anfield. But come the

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second leg had to survive a late [music]

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scare as Roma won that tie 4-2, meaning

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Liverpool just about got through on

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aggregate with a 76 score line. And now

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the stage was set. The Champions League

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final in Kiev where Liverpool fans

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dreamt [music] of lifting it for the

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sixth time in their history and the

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first time in almost 15 years. They

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faced off against Real [music] Madrid

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who had won it the previous two seasons.

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And this was about to get controversial.

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In the first half, Sergio Ramos locked

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his body around Salak's arm, causing

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Liverpool's star player to dislocate

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[music] his shoulder and have to leave

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the pitch injured, meaning Liverpool

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were about to play the majority of the

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final without their star man. Ramos then

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elbowed Liverpool goalkeeper Loris

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Cararius in the head causing him to

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suffer a concussion which eventually led

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him to make the biggest mistake of his

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entire career as he threw the ball

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straight at Karim Benzema to gift a free

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goal. Monte quickly equalized, putting

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that mistake to rest. But it wasn't long

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before Karas mishandled a long great

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shot from Gareth Bale and then let in a

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stunner of a bicycle kick also from

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Bale. Meaning this game ended 3-1 in

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favor of Real Madrid and Jurgen Klo had

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lost yet another final. But still the

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signs of [music] growth were there and

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this Liverpool team were just a few

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puzzle pieces away from absolutely

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exploding.

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As the summer rolled around, Jurgen Klot

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made his final tweaks to the squad to

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complete the Liverpool super team. He

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knew that Caris wasn't the goalkeeper

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for the team, so he [music] signed

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Allison for 67 million. He also added

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Fabinho, Nabiketa, [music] and Sheran

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Shichiri to the squad and finally the

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team was complete. This was now a team

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where every position had a top class

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player and it was time to challenge Pep

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Guardiola's crowd in the Premier League

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and also get vengeance [music] for the

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European heartbreak that just occurred.

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Liverpool won their first six games of

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the 1819 season, their best start in

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their history and that fired them to the

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top of the league. But their next two

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games were against title rivals Chelsea

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and Manchester City. They drew one all

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away in West London and were nil nil

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[music] against City at Anfield when Van

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Djk fouled Leroy Sane in the 86th

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minute, giving City a penalty, but Riyad

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Mahrez blew his chance by smashing the

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penalty over the bar, meaning the game

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also ended [music] in a goalless draw.

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Liverpool won the next two games before

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a tough Mercy side derby against

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Everton, who locked the door to keep the

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game goalless until the 96th minute when

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Devakriggi pounced on a rebound to win

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the game, causing Klob to run onto the

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pitch to celebrate like a madman.

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Liverpool then went on a nine-game run

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that saw them go to the top of the

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league at Christmas. And usually the

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team that's top at Christmas wins the

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league, [music] but Liverpool had tough

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fixtures ahead. They ended the festive

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period with games against Arsenal at Man

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City, but Bobby Firmino would shine in

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the first of those as [music] Liverpool

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smashed Arsenal 5-1 before a huge game

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against City who scored the first

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through [music] Sergio Aguero before

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Firmino equalized. But in the 72nd

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minute, Leroy Sane would score to

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inflict Liverpool's first loss of the

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season. Now, [music] at this point,

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Liverpool were still top, but a series

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of draws, including ones against

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Manchester United and Everton, allowed

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City to creep ahead of Liverpool by a

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[music] single point with nine games to

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go. Liverpool beat Burnley and Fulham,

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then got a [music] lastminute winner

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against Spurs to make it three from

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three, but City won all their games,

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too. Liverpool then beat Southampton and

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got a huge win over Chelsea, but still,

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City didn't slip up. Liverpool beat

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Cardiff, smashed five past Huttersfield,

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and beat Newcastle 3 to2. But yet again,

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City were ahead. And even though

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Liverpool won 2-0 on the final day to

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finish the season with an insane 97

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points, Manchester City finished on 98,

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meaning somehow, despite achieving what

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would have been the second greatest

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points tally in Premier [music] League

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history, they fell short, losing a

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single game all season. This was

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devastating. Klopp just couldn't get

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over the line with this Liverpool team

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despite turning them into one of the

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greatest sides of all time. And this

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would not be the last time City [music]

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broke Liverpool hearts like this. On

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individual levels, Salah and Manet were

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the standout performers up [music] front

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as they were both named top goal scorers

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in the Premier League with 22 goals

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each. But as much as the Premier League

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proved total heartbreak, the Champions

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League was an entirely different story.

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Now, [music] Liverpool just about

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scraped through their group with PSG

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finishing first and Liverpool second on

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nine points, level with third place

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Napoli. But thanks to a better

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head-to-head, they landed a spot in the

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round of 16. They defeated [music]

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Bayern Munich 3-1 on aggregate and then

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smashed Porto 6-1 in the next round,

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meaning they landed themselves a place

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in the semi-finals against Barcelona.

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And this is where one of the worst and

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the greatest nights in Liverpool history

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occurred. They were battered 3-0 in the

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first leg with former Liverpool man Luis

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Suarez scoring the first and Messi

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killing off Liverpool's Champions League

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dreams with two late goals, meaning they

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headed to Anfield three goals down

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against one of the best teams in the

17:56

world with the best player in the world.

17:58

For any club in Europe, this would be

18:00

impossible. But Liverpool had overcome

18:02

such odds before against AC Milan and

18:05

Istanbul back in 2005. So this was part

18:08

of the club's DNA and they never stopped

18:10

believing with Klo saying just try or

18:13

fail in the most beautiful way. An early

18:15

goal from Dvokeri gave them a glimmer of

18:18

hope. Then early in the second half,

18:20

Georgino [music] Walda produced 3

18:21

minutes of genius, scoring a low drive

18:24

and then a header to bring Liverpool

18:25

level in the tie. And when Trent

18:28

Alexander Arnold tried a quick corner in

18:30

the 79th minute, Origi was alert again

18:32

to score his second of the match and

18:34

send Liverpool into the final in one of

18:36

the greatest Champion League comebacks

18:38

of all time. And Liverpool [music]

18:40

probably couldn't believe their luck as

18:42

instead of facing Real Madrid, AC Milan

18:44

or Manchester City, they faced Tottenham

18:47

Hotspur. Salah scored a penalty in the

18:49

second minute to put Liverpool in the

18:51

driver's seat. And then Liverpool's

18:52

[music]

18:53

defense completely shut out Spurs attack

18:55

before Origi finished the job late on to

18:57

give Jurgen Klopp his first trophy

18:59

[music] with Liverpool and finally put

19:01

the bonding comments to bed. But now, as

19:04

much as Liverpool were European

19:06

champions, the fans craved something

19:08

even more than that. They still hadn't

19:10

[music] won a league since 1990, and

19:12

they were desperate, which is exactly

19:14

why next season was even more special

19:17

than this one.

19:22

Interestingly enough, for the first time

19:24

in Klo's time at Anfield, they didn't

19:25

[music] really do much in the transfer

19:27

window. No major incomings or outgoings,

19:30

which meant Liverpool came back exactly

19:32

as they left off. They did start the

19:34

season with a community shield loss on

19:36

penalties to City, but then lifted the

19:38

UEFA Super Cup on penalties to Chelsea,

19:40

which made up for the first loss. And as

19:42

the Premier League campaign rolled out,

19:44

Liverpool were not going to leave

19:46

anything to chance as they started with

19:48

a bang, winning their [music] first

19:49

eight Premier League games and seeing

19:51

off the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea in

19:53

the process. Andy Robertson made a

19:55

heroic [music] last ditch tackle to save

19:57

the day against Sheffield United and

19:59

James Milner getting a lastminute

20:01

penalty kick winner over Leicester to

20:03

keep the run going until Liverpool

20:05

[music] traveled to Old Trafford to face

20:06

Manchester United who took the lead

20:08

through Marcus Rashford before Adam

20:10

Milanic came off the bench to score late

20:12

on and secure a point. Liverpool were

20:15

now six points clear of City but again

20:17

had to come from behind against

20:19

Tottenham. They then found themselves

20:20

losing to Aston Villa with three minutes

20:22

of normal time remaining before Andy

20:24

Robertson headed in at the back post.

20:26

[music] And in the fifth minute of

20:28

injury time, Sadio Mané got the winner,

20:30

showing how Kloppside were truly

20:32

mentality monsters with Van Djk simply

20:35

saying, "It's what we do." Next up came

20:38

Manchester City where Liverpool widened

20:40

the gap to nine points and they just

20:42

kept winning. In December, they headed

20:44

off to the club World Cup where they

20:46

beat Flamingo in extra time to secure

20:48

another trophy. But still, they were

20:50

chasing down that Premier League title.

20:52

And as the year drew to a close,

20:54

Liverpool put Leicester firmly in their

20:56

place with a 4-nil win courtesy of a

20:58

brace from Firmino and goals from Milner

21:00

and Alexander Arnold. So by January,

21:03

when Van Dyk and Solah scored to beat

21:05

Manchester United 2-nil, fans were

21:07

finally singing, "We're going to win the

21:10

league." And despite all those years

21:12

when Liverpool were top at Christmas

21:13

[music] only to throw the title away in

21:15

the second half of the season, this year

21:17

fans knew it would finally be different

21:19

as nothing [music] could derail

21:21

Liverpool who went on an 18 match

21:23

winning streak. And even though they

21:25

were finally beaten with a shock 3-nil

21:27

defeat [music] by Watford in February,

21:29

they were already an insane 25 points

21:32

ahead [music] of City, which is so far

21:33

ahead that the title was inevitable or

21:36

some sort of crazy natural disaster or

21:39

pandemic or well uh

21:44

football was shut down overnight with

21:47

the COVID pandemic putting the country

21:48

into a complete state of panic.

21:50

Liverpool needed just two more wins to

21:53

be crowned champions, but this had to be

21:55

delayed. Liverpool fans were nervously

21:57

waiting for announcements from the

21:59

government or football authorities. But

22:01

thankfully, the rest of the season was

22:03

to be played out in the summer, and on

22:05

June 21st, they played their 30th match

22:07

of the season against Everton, but this

22:09

time behind closed doors. The game

22:11

finished nil nil, but [music] Liverpool

22:13

were back in action. They absolutely

22:15

dominated Crystal Palace in their next

22:17

game with goals from Trent, Salah,

22:19

Fabinho, and Manet, giving Liverpool the

22:22

4-nil win. And when Man City lost their

22:24

game to Chelsea 24 hours later,

22:27

Liverpool were crowned champions of

22:29

England for the 19th time, setting

22:31

record after record, including the most

22:33

consecutive home wins and finishing with

22:36

99 points, which was the second highest

22:38

points total in the top [music] flight

22:40

history as Klopp's side went officially

22:42

down as one of the greatest teams of all

22:45

time. Klopp had finally beaten Pep. But

22:48

as much as this Premier League was

22:49

celebrated, this Liverpool team were

22:51

just so hungry for more. But could they

22:53

really keep up this intensity for yet

22:55

another season?

23:02

In the summer of 2020, Liverpool made

23:04

moves in the transfer market, signing

23:06

forward Dioona and midfielder Thiago.

23:09

But unfortunately, these weren't enough

23:10

to re-energize Liverpool, who actually

23:12

won their first three games before a

23:14

surprise battering 72 by Aston Villa,

23:18

followed by a nightmare injury to key

23:20

defender Virgil van Djk against Everton,

23:22

which would be the start of a defensive

23:24

injury crisis for Liverpool, who also

23:26

lost Joe Gomez and Joel Mati. To make

23:29

matters worse, they'd sold Deon Lren in

23:31

the summer, meaning Liverpool were

23:33

really bare bones at the back. And even

23:35

though they remained unbeaten until the

23:37

end of the year and were actually top of

23:39

the Premier League again at Christmas,

23:40

the lack of support meant Anfield was no

23:43

longer to fortress. And Liverpool lost a

23:45

shocking six home games in a row,

23:48

dropping as low as seventh before

23:50

recovering at the end of the season to

23:51

finish third, 30 points short of the

23:53

previous season's epic total. In 2021,

23:56

Liverpool continued their rebuild,

23:58

bringing in Luis Diaz and adding

24:00

defensive strength at Ibrahim Akunate.

24:02

And with fans back in the stadiums,

24:04

Liverpool started the 21-22 season

24:06

strongly, flying top of the league once

24:09

again after six games. And it took until

24:11

the 11th game to lose their first. But

24:13

of course, they recovered quickly,

24:15

winning six on the bounce, putting them

24:16

in a strong position in the league. Now,

24:19

by this point in Klob's tenure, he still

24:21

hadn't won any of the domestic cups. He

24:23

was obviously both a Champions League

24:24

and Premier League winner, but now it

24:26

was time to dominate everything. And as

24:29

this season progressed more and more did

24:31

fans think the impossible was going to

24:33

be possible. Come January, they found

24:36

themselves in the League Cup final

24:37

against Chelsea. And after finishing nil

24:39

nil, this game went to penalties going

24:42

all the way to the 11th kick where

24:44

Chelsea's goalkeeper [music] had to step

24:45

up and missed, meaning Liverpool were

24:47

crowned league cup champions, making

24:49

that one of four possible trophies this

24:51

year. Back in the league, Liverpool

24:54

pushed City all the way, going on a

24:56

10-ame winning run before their trip to

24:58

the Eddihad. But unfortunately, the game

25:00

ended 2-0 all. And at such a late stage

25:02

in the season, this was really a title

25:04

decider. By this point, Liverpool were

25:06

still in all competitions, they were

25:08

marching into the Champions League

25:09

final. They entered the final Premier

25:11

League day, one point off city, and they

25:13

even found themselves in the FA Cup

25:15

final, meaning they were quite literally

25:17

on the cusp of immortality as the

25:19

quadruple was up for grabs.

25:21

Unfortunately, the month of May did not

25:24

go their way. City just wouldn't slip up

25:27

as Liverpool yet again finished one

25:29

point off City with a 92point tally. In

25:32

the FA Cup final, Liverpool faced

25:34

Chelsea and once again drew nil nil

25:36

before winning 6-5 on penalties to give

25:38

Jurgen Klopp the domestic cup title. But

25:41

in their very last game of the season,

25:43

Klopp's men marched out to yet another

25:45

Champions League final against Real

25:46

Madrid. And history unfortunately

25:49

repeated itself. They just couldn't get

25:51

past this side, losing one nil at the

25:53

hands of a Venicious Junior goal.

25:55

Meaning, as much as two domestic cups is

25:57

great, they were literally two games

25:59

away from immortality that year. Now,

26:02

this season clearly [music] took a toll

26:04

on the whole squad as it looked like

26:06

they finally ran out of gas. Come 2022

26:09

23 they did pick up a community shield

26:11

but that's about all there was to

26:13

celebrate as they [music] ended up

26:14

finishing the season in fifth place

26:16

missing out on the Champions League

26:17

spots as Klopp [music] entered the final

26:19

season of his Liverpool career with one

26:22

last chance to bring glory to the city

26:24

he [music] loved so much come 2023 24

26:28

this Liverpool side did bounce back and

26:30

once again Liverpool [music] would start

26:32

strongly finding themselves top of the

26:34

league by Christmas amid a 15game

26:36

unbeaten [music] run as well as smashing

26:38

West Ham in the League Cup quarterfinals

26:40

and scraping past Fulham in the semis to

26:42

set up yet [music] another Chelsea

26:44

Liverpool final which was also nil nil

26:46

after 90 minutes and looked [music]

26:48

destined for penalties before Van Djk

26:50

scored in the 118th minute to win Klo

26:53

his second league cup of his career

26:55

[music] in the Europa League Klo

26:57

couldn't replicate the same success as

26:59

they lost 3-1 on aggregate to Atalanta

27:01

in the quarterfinals and [music] come

27:03

the end of the league season Liverpool's

27:05

form fell off as They fell down to third

27:08

place behind both Arsenal and of course

27:10

Pep's Man City. And this proved to be

27:12

the end of Klopp's time in charge of the

27:14

team as he simply said he was tired and

27:17

couldn't keep pushing at the same level.

27:19

He [music] won every single trophy he

27:21

could win at the club. He turned

27:22

Liverpool into one of the most feared

27:24

teams in Europe and he even left the

27:26

squad in the best possible shape to be

27:28

inherited as the very next season Arnest

27:31

lifted the Premier League title without

27:32

making a single signing. Meaning

27:34

furthermore, Jurgen Klopp will forever

27:36

go down as a legend of Liverpool

27:39

Football [music] Club. Now, if you miss

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