Jurgen Klopp has thanked the Anfield crowd after Liverpool beat Leeds United 6-0 last night.
The manager gave his traditional fist pumps to The Kop with a little added fire at the final whistle. He has now explained the reasons behind that via liverpoolfc.com.
“If I’d been there 10 seconds later I wouldn’t have done it. But in that moment I got a little bit carried away,” said Klopp.
“Obviously it doesn’t happen too often anymore to me but in this moment it happened and absolutely fine for the moment.”
It was brilliant to see. Jurgen’s celebrations with the crowd have become a hallmark of a Liverpool win, and it was a big one last night. The gap to Manchester City at the top of the Premier League is now just three points.
Anfield under the lights
Often one to praise the collective spirt needed to win football matches, Klopp thanked the home crowd for their part in the crushing victory last night.
“I really loved how the whole stadium responded to the game tonight and how we were really in the game as a unit,” said the 54-year-old.
“I couldn’t be more thankful for the support of the people because so many things happen only because of them.”
There are few places in world football as ferocious as Anfield under the lights. After a bright start, Liverpool’s early penalty seemed to suck the life out of the Leeds players.
Although their fans continued to be in fine voice, it only added to the overall atmosphere and made it a special night for The Reds.
Home comforts and a special record
Liverpool’s last home defeat came against Fulham on 7th March last year. That was the final loss in a horrendous sequence of six consecutive defeats on home turf.
Of course, that terrible run is sandwiched by The Reds’ amazing run of almost four years unbeaten in the Premier League at home.
There was no crowd present for those six losses last year, given Liverpool’s form before and after, it’s hard to see that as a coincidence.
A quite amazing statistic is that since signing for Liverpool, Virgil Van Dijk has never lost a game at Anfield.
The defender of course missed last season’s dismal run through injury. Victory last night meant that the Dutchman has now played 59 Premier League games without tasting defeat at the old stadium.
That matched a record set by Lee Sharpe whilst playing for Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 1990’s. With home games against Norwich City and West Ham United to come, let’s hope Virgil can bring up 60 in style.
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