At this point, I wish we can witness a celebration of Jürgen Klopp over the last 4 games.
The stress is now gone, the man is in charge for 4 more games (all of which at Anfield, ok ok, just a joke @Alright_Now_Legend), and it has been a hell of a ride, winning everything with him, making us believers, creating more glorious history in the Liverpool books, unforgettable teams and unforgettable memories.
I remember passing a lifetime since I was 13 and we last won the league, going through all the 90s and earlier 00s woes, until 2005 when a spark was ignited in me again, and my son was a 1 year old.
When he was 10, we went through the 13-14 season together…more heartbreaks. But he was already a Liverpool fan for life.
When Klopp came, my son was 11, and we went through a heroic Europa League run together, losing in the Final. More heartbreaks, but this was the point where we became believers, already at the end of Klopp’s first season.
My son became 13, the age I was when we had last won the league, and we still hadn’t won the league.
Normally it would have been really sad to take stock, but we were witnessing the Klopp machine and his (our) heavy metal football, and it was just so exciting, that even without getting a trophy it made it worth following, and it made it a very amazing feeling to believe something was coming.
Then that Champions League final vs Real, an unbelievable heart break, especially the way it happened…we just couldn’t get over it, we deserved so much to win it, and to lose it this way just hurt so much. But the feeling of being part of a very special team was so dominant, that we saw the team get over it and we got over it with them.
And then, what an amazing feeling it was, when everything seemed lost, to come back and knock Messi’s Barca out in this way and then go on to win the Final of the CL. It felt like what we believed in was starting to bear fruit. And the League followed, and everything else too.
My son was 16 when we won the league, and in these few years of trophy glory we cried, laughed and jumped like crazy together. It was completed with the Cup double, and with this Season’s League Cup.
And as much as this team, Klopp’s Liverpool, our Liverpool, deserved at least 3 League trophies and at least 2 Champions League trophies, and to end on a high for this special, special manager, this is something me and my son will never forget in our lives…
Last season I finally shared a lifelong dream with my son, and we visited Anfield (for real, @Alright_Now_Legend), and witnessed the magic, bid farewell to Firmino on his last Anfield game (he scored a trademark Bobby goal for us), and at the time we had no idea we were saying our goodbyes to the golden captain as well, and to Klopp as well…it makes it even more special now.
And it’s been such a blessing to be there and witness this great Liverpool era.
I do hope whoever picks up from here continues having us challenge for trophies, and continues to win trophies with us.
I do understand it’s time for Klopp to rest, and that a new spark is needed, Klopp felt it first and it slowly starts making sense. But he made sure he will leave a strong Liverpool, to make sure we remain believers. So I hope there’s more to come.
If I wish for something right now for the end of the season, is for him to get the celebration he deserves, for everything he brought to the club.
