It was a chilly grey afternoon in October 2015 when Jurgen Klopp arrived in Liverpool, so it was perhaps fitting that cloudless blue skies and sunshine greeted Merseyside for his final game as Liverpool boss. Pathetic fallacy in a nutshell. He made this club feel alive again.
The streets around Anfield were festival like pre-match with the masses out in their shorts and sunglasses. As supporters from all around queued to take pictures with the various Klopp murals that now fill this city, the smoke of red flares that have become synonymous with Liverpool’s successes filtered through the air.