Jurgen Klopp won't give a damn about fairytale endings on Saturday morning. If we have seen his last European night at Anfield then yes, it's disappointing, fans will say he deserved better, but winning the Europa League is not what will get those supporters dancing in the streets of Liverpool come May. The Premier League title is - and that will be Klopp's biggest farewell gift.
Liverpool are a Champions League club, losing 3-0 to Atalanta in the Europa League quarter final is nothing more than a bad night, these results can happen.
We can talk about fairytale endings for Jurgen, how this has damaged that prospect and he will be deeply disappointed but he has been around the block enough times to know what is really important to his club. Park it, now move on.
Klopp is a magnificent man-manager, a great motivator. He will be straight into lifting those players up to face Crystal Palace.
What happened Thursday night can happen to any team. Top players hate this feeling. It'll be rattling round in their heads. They don't like the taste of defeat and will want to play the following day to put it right. Sunday can't come too soon.
Sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. The trouble with playing front-foot football, and it was the same style in the Liverpool sides I played in, is that you are going after the game so you are always vulnerable if someone beats your first press.
Squeezing up to the halfway line, Liverpool used to have goalkeepers Ray Clemence or Bruce Grobbelaar standing well outside of their own box ready to clear anything hit over our back four. You are effectively trying to play in one half. Joe Fagan used to say to us the benefits of playing this way over nine months far outweigh the vulnerability
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