Jurgen Klopp has been one of the most charismatic managers in the Premier League for the best part of the last decade.
And having won the UEFA Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup, he also been one of the most successful too.
Throughout his tenure at Anfield, Klopp has provided plenty of trophies, brilliant moments, and memorable soundbites.
Here’s the pick of the latter:
“Does anyone in this room think that I can do wonders? I’m a normal guy from the Black Forest. My mother is very proud. I am the normal one.”
“I heard from my agent that Liverpool is interested and I felt immediately, ‘Oh God’, it’s like when I met my wife – I saw her and thought OK, I marry her and it was like that with the club. It felt right from the first moment.”
“We created our own story and history and didn’t try to do what our wonderful dads and grandfathers did with this club.”
“We know this club is the mix of atmosphere, emotion, desire and football quality. Cut off one and it doesn’t work – we know that. I’ve said it before. If I have to describe this club then it’s a big heart and tonight it was obviously like crazy, pounding like crazy. You could hear it and probably feel it all over the world.”
“If you had Wikipedia or Google and put in ‘European nights’ the answer must be: Anfield.”
“I cannot really describe it because I cried a little bit as well because it’s so overwhelming what the people are doing.
“When you have a direct eye contact and you see how much it means to them, that’s touching, to be honest. It’s brilliant.”
“The best word I can say to describe this is: Boom!”
“I’m not skilled in a lot of parts in life but maybe I’m genius in understanding derbies because I didn’t need a second to understand how important this game is.
“I played a lot of derbies in my career and it’s this moment when the world around stops for 90 minutes in a specific city or region. That’s good because we all know football is not the most important thing in the world, but we love to think that in a few moments it is.”
“Everyone knows me, it’s about emotion, it’s about speed. All the things that make football interesting for me I want to see on the pitch.
“In this time we will have to get points and win games but not promise today some style of football.
“I said full throttle football in Dortmund but my God I cannot always say the same things. But it will be full throttle football.”
“We are still Rocky Balboa, not Ivan Drago.
“It’s not about being the underdog, not one little bit. I don’t want to be the underdog. I want to win, and Rocky won.”
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