Six incredible minutes sum up Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool legacy on emotional day at Anfield

Even the greatest have a hero. And Bill Shankly, the man who built the modern-day Liverpool bastion and transformed them from second tier stragglers to conquerors of England and beyond, was no different.

Having watched Celtic become the first British team to lift the European Cup when beating Inter Milan in 1967, Shankly approached their manager and compatriot Jock Stein after the match in Lisbon.

“John,” he said, using Stein’s given name as a sign of due deference and respect. “You’re immortal.”

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Kenny Dalglish, another Scot, brought not only Reds supporters but the whole city of Liverpool together in hugely difficult circumstances during his first stint as Anfield manager. He will forever be the king.

But Jurgen Klopp has arguably been the nearest thing since Shankly in terms of galvanising the fanbase and, yes, delivering on his mission statement of turning them from doubters into believers.

Klopp, though, is no immortal. And that is entirely part of his appeal. He is, as he said on his very first day facing the media back in October 2015, the normal one.

He joined as Jurgen Klopp. He worked as Jurgen Klopp. And he leaves as Jurgen Klopp, the very same person.

Indeed, his time at Liverpool has been shaped just as much by the failures as well as the successes, narrowly missing out on the Champions League in 2018 and the Premier League the following year ultimately the spur for lifting those trophies 12 months later.

Fallible, imperfect and capable of the occasional mistake, Klopp is a mere mortal like the rest of us. But he never claimed to be anything else – and