It was a marvelous night on Merseyside for Germans – Jürgen Klopp received a rousing welcome and Emre Can scored Liverpool’s only goal – yet at the finish of the evening the result and the performance remained stubbornly the same. A disappointing 1-1 home draw with FC Sion of Switzerland was one of the reasons the Brendan Rodgers era came to a close. Considering Liverpool were playing against 10 men for more than 50 minutes following the dismissal of one of Rubin Kazan’s defenders, this was not fairly the fresh start the club was looking for.
The Jürgen Klopp Revolution – copyright a few thousand scarves and T-shirts on sale outside Anfield – began with a choice of fairly naff German Europop tunes as the sharp-suited new manager took the field before kick-off to watch his players go through a slightly altered warm-up.
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Source: theguardian.com