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Raphael Honigstein: Germany is transfixed by Klopp and the title race

It’s a lyric from the Eric B. & Rakim song In The Ghetto, released on May 4, 1990, the day before the 1989-90 season came to an end with Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool as champions. But the sentiment probably feels very pertinent for Reds fans 29 years later.

Roughly three-and-a-half years on from the day when Klopp took charge of a side sat 10th in the Premier League, Liverpool have amassed 91 points - their highest-ever tally - with two matches still to play this season.

“I’m astonished, personally, that Liverpool have been this consistent,” Honigstein, a journalist for ESPN and Der Spiegel amongst others, tells Liverpoolfc.