Because for them he has not just been a brilliantly influential part of the Jrgen Klopp era but, more than any other player, encapsulated the sheer joy of it, too. However it ends now is anyone's guess, but it will be a fascinating, thrilling, utterly compelling watch over the next two months. In the aftermath, Roy Keane declared United were no longer the institution he once played for. "Dortmund have insane amounts of quality," he conceded. The smirks, the smiles, the no-look goals and Kung fu-kick celebrations; Bobby delighted Kopites in so many ways, over and over again. Despite a 12-point advantage, Klopp continued to play down Dortmund's title chances. Please logout and login again. Liverpool have won the Community Shield for the first time since 2006. It was a wonderful moment and one many Liverpool supporters are no doubt reflecting on as they digest the news that Firmino has decided to leave the club in the summer. Instead he argued they sometimes just need the right manager. Klopp previews Liverpool's Premier League clash with Man Utd, Roberto Firmino played a key role in Liverpool's 2019-20 title win. jurgen Klopp says Sunday's clash with arch-rivals Manchester United feels like a 'derby to him'. Liverpool are having a shaky season riddled by injuries and inconsistencies in performance and results, but the former Reds star is confident Klopp can turn the situation around. He excelled in a 4-1 win for Klopps side, scoring one goal, providing assists for two others and generally tormenting the hosts up until his substitution on 77 minutes. With our sport packages offering BT Sport, the NOW Sky Sports Membership and Prime Video, you won't miss a second of the live action. 1 FIFA Club The Reds have struggled to repeat last season's form, though, and are playing catch-up in the top four race ahead of their weekend clash with Erik ten Hag's Man Utd. There's a lot of football to be played before that tantalising prospect is a reality, but the naked fact that a truly unprecedented quadruple is still in sight at the start of March will whet the appetite for what could genuinely be halcyon days, even at this most storied of football clubs. Munich scored two goals in extra time, as Bayern (and Robben) had the last laugh again. What are your fondest memories of Firmino at Liverpool? Roberto Firmino made sure to inform Jurgen Klopp personally when it came to his Liverpool exit, it has been claimed. All that was to be forgotten the following year however as Klopp ensured his men returned with a renewed hunger to end their 30-year league title drought and they did so in emphatic style, wrapping up the title with seven games to spare in a new league record. March 1 Have your say in the comments section. 3 Has Klopp won any trophies with Liverpool? Liverpool would again beat Chelsea a few months later at Wembley in a final, this time more convincingly with a 3-1 win to lift the Community Shield, but it is increasingly looking like the only piece of silverware they'll come away with in 2022-23. Kinder draws as well as greater depth have enabled Klopp to guide Liverpool to their first FA Cup semi-final since the wretched defeat to Aston Villa under Brendan Rodgers in 2015. By January 2011 and the second half of the season, Borussia Dortmund were well on their way to a first Bundesliga title in nine years. The supposed penalty specialist failed to save any of the 11 before nearly blasting his own spot-kick over the Wembley arch to confirm Liverpool's name on the trophy. The man himself no doubt hoped his squad could challenge for the title, but he felt that not setting a goal for the season had allowed them to flourish. Exhilarating knockout ties with Manchester City and Roma failed to halt their momentum until Real Madrid capitalised on a number of Liverpool mistakes to triumph 3-1 in the 2018 final in Kiev, marking the second Champions League final defeat of Klopps career. United look a team reborn under Ten Hag, having won the League Cup last week to lift their first major trophy since 2017. How did Klopp inspire his team to achieve the impossible? Paul Ellis/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. We look back at Klopp's illustrious career and his record in finals both good and bad as we analyze a managerial career full of ups and downs. Jurgen Klopp is regarded as among the most talented football managers of his generation. | James Milner is currently heading for the Liverpool exit door in the summer. The impact was consistently impressive and especially so after Man and Salah arrived in successive summers. The story of the campaign was undoubtedly Dortmund, however, who won the league by seven points from Leverkusen and finished 10 points ahead of Bayern in third. Another stint in Germany or a return to Brazil could be on the cards, while there have also been reports of interest from Italy and the middle east. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. "With my own sons, there are moments when you are a father, a friend, when you have to criticise them, it's exactly the same. Liverpool stride out onto the Bernabeu pitch on Wednesday 5-2 down on aggregate. On the hour mark, Hummels headed home against his former club to give Dortmund a two-goal cushion that they never lost. As expected, Caoimhin Kelleher started ahead of Alisson Becker as Henderson returned to the side as captain 10 years and a day since he last won this competition with the Reds. The Reds' next league game comes against Manchester United on Sunday, and a win could help breathe new life into a fragile top-four push. 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BVB's win over Mainz - where Klopp had spent the best part of two decades as a player and then head coach - was one of 14 in 15 league matches after the opening day. With four years left and no doubt plenty of silverware won along the way could Klopp become the best coach in the clubs history? Firmino won the Premier League Player of the Month accolade in January 2016 and was also included in the UEFA Champions League Team of the Season 2017-18. Next up was heartbreak in the Europa League final, as his ever-improving Liverpool side were foiled by the Europa League experts Sevilla. Another top-five finish seemed an obvious target but the opposition seemed stiff it they had loftier goals. [ MORE: How did Klopp mastermind this? Wed be lost without him. I always did that with my players as well. Borussia Dortmund clinched the 2010/11 title with two games to spare at home against Nuremberg. The winter months are almost done, so stick with us throughout the day as we bring you the latest news and transfer rumours. Sports Brief also reported on Klopp admitting Liverpool misses Mane, saying the Senegalese's departure has opened a void in the team's front three. But I also told them the truth. Their greatest ever manager never did and Ten Hag has smartly plugged into that. The argument was that despite having not won the title since 1990, before Jurgen Klopp finally delivered it again in 2020, Liverpool had stayed big and stayed relevant. WebJurgen Klopp close to unleashing 4.5m Liverpool and FSG plan thats been six months in making. It wasnt about their technical ability as footballers. Hell soon be gone but its fair to say Liverpool will never forget Bobby. Regardless, the signs of progress were there for all to see as Klopp penned a six-year contract extension ahead of his first full season in charge. That decisive period followed an earlier He has also won the Premier League's 'Manager of the Year' accolade twice. "They have turned into a results machine. Jrgen Klopp has the moves! The 53-year-old boasts the best win ratio "I have no clue what it means to (our rivals for the top four) but I think they realise already we are not completely gone. This competition started, unashamedly, as the lowest priority when the action got underway way back in September, and while this record-setting triumph now takes them one clear of Manchester City, the club's ninth League Cup may yet be remembered in the wider context of a far, far grander achievement. 7 trophies lifted and the Club World Cup. Klopp has strengthened his front-line this season, adding Darwin Nunez over the summer and bringing in Cody Gakpo at the start of the January window. Sadio Man, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino embrace in celebration during Liverpools victory over Roma in April 2018. Where once they crumbled in the big moments, now they thrive and it is by design. It is all the more remarkable given just under 10 months ago Liverpool humiliated them at the same stadium, winning 4-0, to complete a 9-0 aggregate win that season which was the biggest margin of victory between the two clubs in their history of contesting league games. He made the people happy it says on the statue of Bill Shankly that stands outside the Kop. Upon the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, manager Brendan Rodgers was under substantial scrutiny after a poor season in which Liverpool fell to sixth place in the Premier League, having come close to winning the title the season before, and had failed to win any trophy for the third season running.Klopp and former manager Rafael They were far from the last. Hummels, meanwhile, described being "covered in goosebumps from top to bottom" in the final quarter of the game. But all is not well in the visitors ranks given Sadio Mans angry reaction to being substituted late on after becoming increasingly frustrated with Mohamed Salahs failure to pass to him. ", 'Pubs need to adapt' if they are going to survive the times ahead, "Although we are living during a cost-of-living crisis people still do have money. Before June 1, 2019, Liverpool had reached three major finals under Klopp but had lost them all. WebKlopp lost out in his only appearance in the competition in 2020 as Arsenal sealed a penalty shootout win after a 1-1 draw at Wembley. But inside the club his impact was obvious. Hes world class.. In his own unique way, Firmino has done the same. As Andrew Robertson put it after that win over Burnley in August 2019: People will say there are better strikers, but what he does is so important to our team. The Reds secured three more Premier League points at Anfield on Wednesday night as second-half goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah saw off the visitors. Henry, influenced by baseballs Moneyball statistical insurrection, honed in on Klopp after his name was identified by a team of leading mathematicians and data scientists as the right man for the job. Klopp also won the DFL Supercup on two occasions in 2013 and 2014. Having lost their first three matches, for example, Stuttgart beat Borussia Mnchengladbach 7-0 in their fourth. The first and only Club World Cup was added to the trophy cabinet by Klopp and his team in 2019, with Qatar providing the backdrop. It was Munich again who foiled him in a final a year later, as the sides faced off in the final of the 2014 DFL-Pokal. The Brazil international, like many of his team-mates, has struggled this season and that has contributed to some of the Reds' defensive issues as the holding role has become something of a revolving door with different options tried in an attempt to find a solution. 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Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Because while this is the first time that Klopp's Liverpool have been able to physically lift silverware in front of their own fans on domestic soil, this could simply be the one that gets the ball rolling on the most incredible period ever at Liverpool FC. Liverpool match verdict from Paul Gorst after Reds win Carabao Cup final on penalties against Chelsea at Wembley. Now I have to deal with 33, 34-year-old players and also 16, 17-year-old players in the same squad. Hes our first line of defence, he nicks the ball in midfield and then he goes up the park and scores goals and makes assists. Before falling in the Champions League final against Real Madrid on May 28, they defeated Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final (Feb. 27) and the FA Cup final (May 14), both via a penalty-kick shootout after a scoreless draw. Your login session has expired. A glorious player for a glorious period in Liverpools history and, as such, its somewhat bewildering to remember just how badly it started for Firmino after his arrival from Hoffenheim for 29m in June 2015. Firmino is far from the first member of Liverpool's 2019-20 title-winning side to move to pastures new. Midfielder Sebastian Kehl told Sky in 2019 that Klopp had convinced his team that it was time for them to become German champions. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. A young, new-look Borussia Dortmund quickly began to bond into an unstoppable Bundesliga team. In that time, he has won nine finals to directly earn silverware. Liverpool, Manchester United and a shifting dynamic towards similarity | Jonathan Liew, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The last day of August 2019 and Liverpool have just beaten Burnley 3-0 at Turf Moor with a display that is as dominant as it is devastating. "Because Dortmund play as a unit, I like a lot of players," the former Bayern coach told Der Tagesspiegel in April 2011. The German said (via The Liverpool Offside): James Milner is currently in the final year of his contract with Liverpool and could seek a move away from the club once his current deal expires. Elsewhere in 2010/11, St Pauli took four points off richer rivals Hamburg despite finishing bottom, and Eintracht dropped from seventh at Christmas to end up being relegated on a dramatic final day. How good must it feel to know that all of this Wembley colour and cheer could merely be the glorious prelude to the most sensational conclusion of any season of any era at Anfield? "It's crazy how much each one of them has improved over the last three years," a beaming Klopp said of his squad in the wake of the Nuremberg win. Jrgen Klopp got so caught up in Borussia Dortmund's celebrations after the win over Bayern Munich in February 2011 that his glasses were broken. WebJurgen Klopp has lost six consecutive finals as a manager, but he wasn't going to let the haters stop him believing in his group of players. What also followed was a first-ever Premier League title, as Liverpool dominated the 2019-20 season in a brilliant campaign, making for a historic treble of trophies. Barrios added another goal in the second half as BVB became the first club ever to win five away games in a row at the start of a campaign. But do not under-estimate the importance to United of finishing ahead of Liverpool. Back then there was never the prospect of Klopp admiringly describing United as a results machine as he did ahead of this meeting.The difference Erik ten Hag has made, rather like Klopps arrival at Liverpool, has been astonishing. There always seemed a sense of inevitability around Jurgen Klopps appointment as Liverpool manager. 3 Has Klopp won any trophies with Liverpool? 7 trophies lifted and the Club World Cup. On Matchday 7 they underlined their title credentials as Barrios and Sahin condemned Bayern to a second successive defeat, leaving the champions in 12th after scoring just five goals all season. Click here, Be the first one to comment on this story. Firmino joined from Hoffenheim just a few short months before Klopp took over as manager, and has won every trophy going under the manager. And you can print that.It has been printed and quoted many, many times since. Salah, Mane, and Firmino formed a devastating front three, but the Egyptian is the only regular left among them to departure and injury respectively. It was harsh in the extreme but they didn't let a sense of injustice rattle them as Klopp sent on Harvey Elliott, Diogo Jota and James Milner for Henderson, Mane and Keita. Divock Origi and Ibrahima Konate later joined the fray as Klopp made full use of a squad everyone is now championing as the strongest for many, many years. Even for Jurgen Klopp, the manager of what must now be considered the best Liverpool side since at least the 1980s, this was the breaking of new ground at Wembley. Undeterred, Liverpool promptly returned to the tournament finale the following season, pulling off arguably the most remarkable comeback in Champions League history along the way. Jurgen Klopp reflects on absolutely exceptional season. Jurgen Klopp's record at Liverpool Patience It took Liverpool almost three years to win their first trophy under Klopp, but the improvement was evident. The senior figure said it was actually more important for United to finish above Liverpool, and for them to struggle, than it was for United to be ahead of any of their other rivals. The only thing that I added was, If we fail, then lets fail in the most beautiful way.. Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, and Cody Gakpo have all joined the attack but injuries to some have once again caused delays to the Reds' rebuild. He excelled in a 4-1 win for Klopps side, scoring one goal, providing assists for two others and generally tormenting the hosts up until his substitution on 77 minutes. Dortmund were put to the test on Matchday 10, when two young coaches - nowadays seen as among the best in the world - met in Mainz. Follow Sports Brief on Twitter for more trending and breaking news! Kick off your evenings with the Guardian's take on the world of football. If Real Madrid see off Liverpool again then Klopp's trophy chances are nil. English Second Division Titles: 4 (189394, 189596, 190405, 196162) Against the backdrop of securing their best ever Premier League points tally, 97, Liverpool were unlucky to come up against Pep Guardiolas rampant Manchester City in the league to prevent them from securing an incredible double. The charismatic German ended the Reds 30-year wait for a league title in the summer of 2020 as his relentless side, one carefully constructed throughout his tenure, emphatically secured top spot in the Premier A smile for all occasions, and a smirk for even the most awkward of them. When Klopp was appointed as Dortmund head coach in May 2008, club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke delivered what turned out to be an accurate prediction. My greatest challenge is not whats happening at the moment, Ferguson said before delivering the killer line: My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f------ perch. And that was a fabulous decision.". The quadruple-chasing Reds are one quarter into their mission; one trophy down, three to go. While numbers and statistical models demonstrated his potential value to the team on their quest to secure Premier League and Champions League titles, it quickly became clear that Klopps greatest attribute was beyond the quantitative. We have to change from doubters to believers, he beamed, Now.. In football you need emotions but you need all your other skills as well. The midweek victory over Wolves closed the gap to fourth-placed Tottenham to six points with a match in hand and Spurs still to come to Anfield. Klopp has won an illustrious 12 trophies across his time managing at Mainz, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, including the UEFA Champions League. Thiago Silva then cleared one off the line from Mohamed Salah before Liverpool were denied by the most wafer thin of offside calls on Virgil van Dijk after Joel Matip had headed home from about a yard out. United have won the first three and if they triumph at Anfield, for the first time since 2016, which was soon after Klopp took over, it will feel even more significant as well as suggest they might actually still be in the title race. He won all possible trophies, including the UEFA Champions League and Liverpool's first Premier League title in 30 years. It is not that if we are in no mans land. Call it charisma, call it emotional intelligence, whatever it is, Klopp had it in spades, winning fans over immediately with almost his first words to them. Propelled by the goals of new arrival Mo Salah, who helped himself to 44 goals in 52 appearances in his debut season, alongside Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, the Reds tore through the Champions League, breaking the competitions long-standing goals record with 47 from just 15 games. Having returned from three months out last weekend, what role will Sadio Mane play when Bayern visit Stuttgart? Last summer, reports suggested Liverpool were open to cashing in on Firmino despite also losing Mane. The Reds could not find a way past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who was the undisputed man of the match. - imago images bundesliga Jrgen Klopp's first trophy: how Borussia Dortmund won the 2010/11 Bundesliga 2 years ago For the 2010/11 Liverpool prepare to face Wolves in the Premier League and Arthur Melo may be included in the squad after an appearance for the under-21s. Try Flashscore News. Following a tough run of finals where his performance in big matches was openly questioned, Klopp finally broke through in 2019 with Liverpool as they secured the club's sixth European Cup, beating Tottenham 2-0 in the final. It would also complete the most unlikely of league doubles having beaten Liverpool 2-1 in August in a febrile Old Trafford when Ten Hag was feeling the heat after a shocking start to the campaign - a 2-1 loss to Brighton at home followed by a 4-0 defeat to Brentford away.Despite Liverpools dominance over United in recent years it really is, of course, eventually about knocking the noisy neighbours of Manchester City off the top spot and that may take longer.Arsenal are obviously having a huge say in that as they, like United, are on their way back and are probably further ahead. Jurgen Klopp does his best dad dancing and young fan lifts the trophy with the team as Liverpool celebrate record breaking Carabao Cup triumph Jackson Cole 27th February 2022, 11:34 pm He then added two DFL-Super Cups in 2013 and 2014. Paraguayan forward Lucas Barrios had netted 19 league goals in the 2009/10 campaign, but in the summer of 2010 Dortmund added what would prove to be the final pieces of the jigsaw. Enter the world of the most comprehensive sports information. Supporters, however, do not have to be bound by that same mentality - they should dare to dream. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. As per HITC, the former Hoffenheim attacker will leave the Reds next summer. Quite simply the trio were made for each other and over the course of five years established themselves as one of the most aggressive, thrilling and decisive attacking units European football has ever seen. Mohamed Salah is still an important player for Liverpool and Klopp worked hard to extend his contract last summer. Bayern hammered Leverkusen 5-1 the following week, however, with Gomez getting a hat-trick as part of a league-high 28 goals for the season. 3 minutes ago. The other teams know we are still around and that's better than if they cant see us any more., What do Liverpool need to clinch the title? Midway through the second half, the noise levels increased in the stands when news from Cologne started to filter through.
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