It was my privilege to work for nine years at Liverpool, as both player and manager, and I came to know that the passion of the supporters there is different to all but a handful of football clubs in the UK.
For those fans, the club is everything. The team’s results have an impact on their contentment, their welfare, in some cases even their health. You see it in the faces of those who hang around the stadium on non-match days. Sometimes hundreds of people, just walking around the place. I’m sure Jurgen Klopp will have felt that weight of responsibility when results were not going the club’s way last season.