Andrea got very emotional when she saw all the adoring fans as she entered the stadium
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.
Outside The Kop, the famous Esso garage was packed to the rafters hours before kick-off. This was the mother of all farewell parties. For once, no one really cared about the football at this famous old ground.
On The Kop, the dozens of flags told their own story ‘Doubters. Believers. Conquerors.’ Three words that summed up what Klopp did in nine years here. ‘Danke Jurgen, you made the people happy,’ read another. A special mosaic around the ground simply read ‘Danke Jurgen. YNWA.’
