Tag: Jurgen Klopp

DT Exclusive: Jurgen Klopp’s visit to Brendan Rodgers’ house

Brendan Rodgers has revealed that he had Jurgen Klopp, the man who replaced him as Liverpool manager this season, over to his house for a friendly chat when the German first took the job.

“Whatever help he needed going into the job as manager, I was there for that,” Rodgers told BeIN Sports. 

The following is a transcript of that chat. 

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Jurgen Klopp breaks his glasses celebrating Liverpool winner

Liverpool won 5-4 at Norwich on an Adam Lallana goal in the fifth minute of added time after the home side equalized in the second minute of added time. It was a match that will go down as one of the best of the season and Jurgen Klopp celebrated as such, getting right in the middle of the Liverpool players’ celebratory mosh pit.

Of course, as anyone who wears glasses will tell you, this was never going to end well for his spectacles. And it didn’t. A flailing Christian Benteke hand accidentally knocked Klopp’s glasses off his face, breaking them in the process.

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Jurgen Klopp interviewed by a nine-year-old, is impossible to hate

I dare you to watch this video of Jurgen Klopp being interviewed by a nine-year-old (who you might remember from his equally endearing interview with Kolo Toure) and not come away loving the guy. I dare you. It’s impossible.

There are too many great moments to highlight, so just watch the whole thing and accept that Jurgen Klopp is just a delight. After this, I almost hope he gets sacked by Liverpool immediately so he can become a teacher because he would be great at it.

Sound like I’m slathering on the praise? Watch the video and you’ll think I’m holding back.

Liverpool’s first demonstration of Klopp fever in pictures

Jurgen Klopp made his Anfield debut as Liverpool hosted Rubin Kazan in the Europa League. This was an understandably exciting moment for the club’s supporters, but if you were dropped off at Anfield with no idea what was happening, you’d probably assume that this Klopp fellow had given everyone in town their own solid gold sex robot.

Here are some choice images from around the ground as Klopp fever was only mildly tempered by a 1-1 draw against a Russian club that played the final hour with 10 men…

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