Bound to happen.
Jürgen Norbert Klopp (yep that’s his middle name) endured his worst defeat as Liverpool manager this afternoon as Watford ran riot at Vicarage Road in a 3-0 win for the Hornets.
While all rational football fans knew that the German wasn’t going to instantly transform the club, there was renewed optimism at Anfield following a string of impressive wins and performances, notably against Chelsea and Southampton.
In recent weeks, the ‘Pool haven’t quite matched those performance levels and you may remember their recent match against West Brom when they needed a last minute equaliser from Divock Origi to rescue a point. In the aftermath of that draw against the Baggies, Klopp and his players saluted, linked hands and bowed down to the Anfield faithful- something that’s the norm after every match in the Bundesliga but usually reserved for title parades, cup wins or ‘big’ wins in England.
Naturally Twitter was quick to highlight the post-match differences between the two games.
Klopp on the fan salute: "It is not important for everyone else to understand what we are doing. It is for us. It is for Liverpool fans."
— Fields of Anfield Road 🇵🇸 (@FOAnfieldRoad) December 19, 2015
Liverpool players mood:https://t.co/gqXgPykwHY
— M – EL 🇬🇧🇹🇹🇧🇧 (@CrazyGoose) December 20, 2015
Looking forward to Klopp leading his players hand in hand up to the 27 remaining Liverpool fans in the ground.#LFC
— Iain Rodger ⭐⭐🌍🏆 (@IainRodger1) December 20, 2015
Wonder if Klopp and the lads are gonna celebrate in front of their fans after this one too?
— matt (@mattlittafc) December 20, 2015
Klopp will have the players holding hands and giving cheers to the fans if they manage to keep this debacle to just a 2-0 loss.
— Spurred On (@spurredontv) December 20, 2015
Jordan Henderson claps the Liverpool fans. Token efforts by Clyne and Bogdan. No bows this week to "thank" the fans.
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) December 20, 2015
It was a bad day at the office for Liverpool but there’s always a silver lining.
https://twitter.com/ericlalor/status/678590365327314944
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