Liverpool's 5️⃣ greatest games under Jürgen Klopp | OneFootball

Jürgen Klopp has shocked the people of Merseyside, and the rest of the football world, by confirming he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season.

After nearly nine years at Anfield, the German tactician has decided to step down in May after admitting he is “running out of energy”.

There have been so many great moments for the Reds under Klopp, but here are our pick for the five best matches during his historic tenure.

5 – Liverpool 4-3 Borussia Dortmund, Europa League, 2015/16

Just a few months after his arrival from Borussia Dortmund, Jürgen Klopp’s Reds hosted his old side in the Europa League quarter-final.

Dortmund had played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg and just nine minutes into the return the German side had gone 2-0 up on the night thanks to goals from Henrik Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

But in what would become a pretty regular occurrence under Klopp in the years to come, Liverpool rallied to win 4-3 – 5-4 on aggregate – thanks to a stoppage time header from Dejan Lovren.

The love affair between the Kop and Klopp started right here.

4 – Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United, Premier League, 2022/23

If ever a result epitomised just where the two biggest clubs in England stood at the start of 2023, it was this one.

United came into the clash at Anfield off the back of an astonishing run of form which saw them lose just once in 11 games, including a win over Manchester City.

But in a truly remarkable second half performance Liverpool, with Cody Gakpo, Mohammed Salah and Darwin Nunez in full-flow, put seven past their old rivals.

It was the biggest scoreline in the history of the fixture and the fact it doesn’t even feature in the top three of this list says everything.

3 – Liverpool 4-3 Manchester City, Premier League, 2017/18

A Premier League classic and a game which cemented Liverpool and Manchester City as the two great rivals of this top flight era.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got things rolling inside the opening 10 minutes but three goals in the space of 10 second half minutes from the Reds’ Holy Trinity in attack took the game away from City.

If there are any players who will forever be linked with Klopp’s time at the club it will be Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Salah.

Three forwards perfectly in tune with their coach and one another, playing at their absolute peak.

It really was the best times.

2 – Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham, Champions League, 2018/19

Liverpool’s history with the European Cup is legendary and Klopp added his name to the roster of managers who have lifted that famous old trophy back in 2019.

The route to final was more dramatic (more on that in a moment) than the actual game itself in Madrid as Tottenham were comfortably swept aside.

Salah’s penalty in the opening minutes spooked Spurs into a state of paralysis as Divock Origi came on in the second half and did what he always did that season – score late on – to secure their sixth Champions League title.

1 – Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona, Champions League, 2018/19

The greatest game in Klopp’s tenure, perhaps the greatest game in any Liverpool tenure.

Barcelona – with the likes of Luis Suárez, Gerard Pique and Lionel Messi – had cruised to a 3-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

But a week later, an early goal from that man Origi shook the Bluagrana as they capitulated under the weight of the Reds press and the Kop’s noise.

Gini Wijnaldum’s quickfire double made it level on aggregate before the Belgian striker scored from a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner to win the game.

The rest was history.