By the October of 2015, belief was something that was severely lacking at Liverpool. Pipped to the title by two points in the May of 2014, the following season saw the Reds crash out of the Champions League at the group stage and go on to finish sixth in the Premier League. When the Reds' owners heard that Klopp was ready to return to work after leaving Dortmund, they acted fast. Rodgers was shown the door 24 hours after press reports in Serbia announced Klopp (and his then assistant, Zeljko Buvac) were Merseyside bound.
“He just had a real aura about him, and that transected into the players and performances.”Those were the words of Jordan Henderson, Klopp's Liverpool captain, when asked what changes the German brought in on arrival.
There have been times at Liverpool when detractors had Klopp down as a bridesmaid in England. A 2016 Europa League triumph slipped out of Liverpool's grasp, as did the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, as well as the 2018/19 Premier League crown.
But in Madrid, 12 months after the heartbreak of Kyiv, Liverpool used the pain of defeat to power them to a sixth European Cup. And now Liverpool are now finally ending their 30-year wait for a league title, a whole generation has passed since a club which was once synonymous with success can finally think of it as a returning norm, and one man has spearheaded it through belief - in himself, his players and supporters.
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