Jurgen Klopp expresses his gratitude to Liverpool fans for their support

Jurgen Klopp hailed a ‘wonderful afternoon’ and expressed his gratitude to Liverpool fans and friends across the football news who sent him well wishes after he revealed the news that he is stepping down at the end of the season.

The Reds beat Norwich 5-2 to secure safe passage into the fifth round of the FA Cup, where they will play Southampton or Watford, with goals from five different scorers - Curtis Jones, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota, Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch.

And Klopp has said he was touched by the warm applause he received at full-time, with all four corners of Anfield chanting his name and singing ‘I’m so glad that Jurgen is a Red’. The manager said: ‘I did not ask for that, the atmosphere today.

‘The people obviously showed everything to me and it's wonderful and I love it, it's absolutely great but it's unnecessary because I know about it but I will not say don't do it, people can do what they want and I mean it.

‘We need atmosphere on the pitch and for that we need the crowd, don’t just think about the manager - I'm really sorry that I had to mention it but that's how it is and now we just have to forget it for a while and just go for each opponent like crazy and that's what we want to do.

‘My job is to pull myself together. I received all the messages people sent, I am not made of wood, I said not too long ago don’t sing my song during the game. People stopped listening to me!

‘It is the first game after (the news), I am not here to tell the people what they have to do. We play Wednesday again. The manager is leaving at the end of the season, now do everything to make it uncomfortable for Chelsea. (It was a) wonderful afternoon.’

Andy Robertson made his long-awaited return after a dislocated shoulder,