ADAM BATE|
JURGEN Klopp looks up and that trademark smile emerges at the merest mention of the corresponding fixture last season. It was July, the final home game of an extended campaign, when Chelsea last visited Anfield. The visitors scored three. Liverpool scored five.
The trophy celebrations followed.
A 30-year wait at an end.
The hope was that Liverpool were just getting started. Klopp had retained a title with Dortmund. This team was at its peak, not past it. There were no signs of complacency. Success had come relatively late to most of the squad. The appetite to sustain it was there.
“Before the season, yes, we knew we were good,” Klopp tells Sky Sports. “That did not mean we were going to win it, but it just increases your responsibility to achieve something.”
Instead, Chelsea return to Anfield on Thursday evening with a different coach and in different
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