I remembered Shankley

At Anfield, the phrases coined by one of its legends, the former Scottish coach, are always remembered. bill shankley. Over the years, as in the 60s and 70s, it continues to be a legacy to turn to when bad times come: “If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win,” he said. to his fans. And that’s what his coach, the German, asked for today. Jurgen Klopp, because there is thick fog around the Mersey club, after chaining many bad results, which makes it difficult to see the clear course. As fate would have it, at that worst moment, came the Merseyside ‘derby’, the match against the city’s bitter rivals, Everton, who shankley I hate it. He also showed himself to a new coach, Sean Dyche, and regained morale, after beating Arsenal.

He Liverpool he always draws on his illustrious past. There are your references and, as you did bill shankley at the time he knew how to gather all levels of the club, Klopp He wished that in this frustrating period, with forced migration, there would be no fractures.

Hit by a black streak of injuries, the ‘reds’ were eliminated from the FACup by their ‘black beast’ this season, Brighton&Hove Albion, and on Sunday in the Premier they were beaten by Julen Lopetegui’s Wolverhampton (3-0). Since the turn of the year, Liverpool have picked up one point, and scored just one goal. Klopp is struggling with the biggest crisis of his time at Anfield, where he arrived in 2015, but with the pride of the ‘red’, who sings ‘you never walk alone’ in every game, no one forgets that three years ago won them in the Champions League.

injuries and confusion

the figure of shankley He is always referential and is remembered for being the manager who raised Liverpool from the English second division and took it to the top, as well as setting the style and identity for years to come. is now in place Klopp, recently praised for his 1,000 games as a coach, which coincided with unusual confusion in the face of many injuries to the squad and the lack of responses from the most unsuspecting players. He Liverpool The flame of optimism needs to be rekindled, because if you look at the current table it gives Anfield a certain fear. The ‘reds’ are tenth, with 29 points, closer to the relegation zone than the top four.

The club’s owners, the American company Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and its top manager, Mike Gordon, continue to support Klopp And, despite the fact that they have a club put up for sale, looking for new investors, he tries to keep the connection with his roots. And it is evident that this is the case. Whatever happens between now and the end of the season, Klopp will be at the helm of rebuilding the squad next summer. The majority of ‘reds’ fans accepted the transfer and almost all of them are still behind the German coach, a coach who has been the most revolutionary figure in the history of Liverpool from Shankley. As the legendary Scottish manager did, Klopp also knows how to take the club to the top, including the 2019 Champions League and the 2019-20 Premier League, and through this he has earned that loyalty. But the current dark situation makes the German uncomfortable and he looks nervous.

in the handbook of Klopp there is a phrase that repeats itself often. “There is always a solution for every problem in football,” he defended. This is the time when it costs the team the most to react, as he looks forward to the return of the Dutch defender as soon as possible. Van Dijkto restore stability to the team, or to the attackers Firmino and Diego Jotawhich will help score the goals he missed this year wrong. Current Liverpool lack leaders on the pitch and quality players in midfield to step up. And the knockout round of the Champions League against Real Madrid is very close.

Now the great consolation of Liverpool is to think of the worst case scenario of Everton, his bitter rival, who is going through tougher moments, as he fights this year to escape relegation. The recent change of coach, with the dismissal of Frank Lampard and the arrival of English Sean Dyche, it has been good for ‘toffees’. It had an immediate impact, with an unexpected win over Arsenal. But they continue to suffer. When those games of supreme rivalry came, and as motivation, bill shankley he always used his irony towards the city’s hated rivals: “When I’m bored, I look at the table to see how Everton are doing”. For how they are each other, the Merseyside ‘derby’ on Monday promises, more than ever, to breathe that mystery of the great rivalries of all time.