Superstitions at Anfield

At 30 years old, Wataru Endo He made his debut on Saturday, to much fanfare, in a Liverpool shirt. He played 35 minutes in his first appearance on the Anfield pitch, completely unexpected for the ‘red’ fans, who wanted another kind of younger signing for their weak midfield.

After running out Moises Caicedo (Brighton) neither romeo lavia (Southampton), who prefers to sign for Chelsea, Jurgen Klopp he quickly picked the tough and skilled Japanese international from Stuttgart, whose intensity on the pitch meant he always wore a mouthguard.

Endo was not on the list of his priorities after the departure of Fabinho, Henderson, Keita and Milnerand with Tiago still recovering, which left the midfield very weak, despite the signings of McAllister and the Hungarian szoboszlai.

The difficult profile although ‘low cost’, (it cost 19 million) of this experienced Japanese was not frowned upon at Anfield. But Liverpool followers want to move a little further from the hidden reasons that encouraged Klopp to choose that Endo. They refer to a superstitious relationship with titles won Klopp with Japanese soccer players, where Wataru Endo it fits. “We started to win the league”, they have written on the banners. They based the theory that Klopp they have never won the title without a Japanese player, giving Anfield honest reason for superstition to believe they can dethrone Manchester City this season.

The coach won his first Liverpool Premier in 2020 with the striker Takumi Minamino in the template. the midfielder Shinji works he was integral to his success at Dortmund, helping them win the Bundesliga in 2011 and 2012.

At a time when he had to do Klopp take a qualitative leap Endo He can provide consistency to sustain the offensive game. The draw at Stamford Bridge (1-1) and the victory against Bournemouth (3-1) set the course for the team from Kloppwhich also shows his hobbies.

The German shouted at the fans: ‘Stop singing that shit’, when in the final stages of Saturday’s game, with 2-1 and after the expulsion of McAllister the Anfield crowd started singing a typical song in support of the manager (“I’m so glad that Jurgen is a Red”), eager to calm nerves.

Klopp does not appreciate the support, also fell victim to another superstition. Later, after hearing the song, Liverpool lost their advantage. He recalled the 4-3 loss against Spurs, a game the ‘reds’ won 3-0: “I love them, but my song, don’t sing it until the end of the game”, he argued.

In Liverpool everything counts now to ward off bad luck and not twist the good path. There are other shady factors around today. McAllister miss the next three games due to suspension, although the club appealed against the red card, and Al Ittihad insisted on taking wrongattracted by Saudi money.