Why every player in Klopp's squad now allowed to touch 'This Is Anfield' sign
Liverpool's young squad caught many by surprise with their performances on Sunday in beating Chelsea, but as well as the Carabao Cup they have also won another prize back home at Anfield.
The Reds came out on top in a 1-0 victory over the Blues at Wembley, a game in which both sides had goals chalked off by VAR in a tense battle under the iconic arches for the league cup title.
Chelsea had a number of chances to win it late in normal time, Caoimhin Kelleher producing two big saves to kip his side in contention, before the Blues fell away in the added half hour.
Chelsea have since been branded 'Billion-pound bottle-jobs' by Gary Neville, While Jurgen Klopp's side have drawn widespread praise for seeing off the Blues despite fielding a number of academy graduates due to injuries.
Now, though, many of those youngsters - as well as the Reds' summer signings - have won the right to touch the iconic This Is Anfield sign on the way out onto their home turf.
This is because back in 2016, Klopp revealed that he had banned any player from doing so until they had won a trophy.
'I've told my players not to touch the This Is Anfield sign until they win something!' the German boss said almost eight years ago.
'It's a sign of respect. I touched it when I was manager of Borussia Dortmund, but we lost 4-0!'
As such, prior to Sunday's final, the likes of Cody Gakpo, Stefan Bajcetic, Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch will have been prevented from joining their team-mates.
Therefore, youngsters like Jayden Danns, Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Bobby Clark, Ben Doak and Lewis Koumas would have been similarly banned.
The sign in the tunnel at Anfield is a huge part of the theatre and heritage involved with
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