For the final time, Jurgen Klopp spoke to his team, and the players’ faces tell volumes.
Everyone is sad but everyone is proud to be a member of the team created and developed by a Liverpool legend like Klopp.
One of the players who looked especially heartbroken was Darwin Nunez, who sat half of the video in one pose.
That’s one of the features that singles out Darwin – he is a very emotional guy who is usually the most happy for the club but as you can see, he is also the saddest one in the room.
And as Klopp time on Merseyside comes to a close, it will be a new challenge to remain a successful side under new management in Arne Slot.
That was the emphasis as Klopp gave a speech behind the scenes at Anfield which, unusually, he allowed to be captured by the LFCTV cameras.
“I love you, that’s all I can say,” he told the squad as he stood in the middle of the dressing room.
“The football you are able to play is absolutely ridiculous, I can’t wait. Watching you, developing, making the next steps, becoming third.
“I don’t even know yet who became champion, City? The only one who’s stopped them is us and you can do that again.
“I said it this morning, there might be some people who say ‘that’s not enough’, I tell you they don’t have a clue about football.
“Could you have done better in moments? Yes. Of course, that’s always possible. But did you do better than you can usually expect? Oh yes!
“Because it takes longer to become a top team again, and you did that (clicks fingers) like this.
“That’s why expectations get [blown up], and then we couldn’t keep their pace. That’s the problem a little bit.
“But besides that, becoming third in the first season of Liverpool 2.0, and from now on, with new energy from outside, for you, with new influences, with new boosts, with new [chances for] proving yourself, that’s good for squeezing everything out of your career.
“So it’s already too much.
“I want to say I love you, it was absolutely outstanding. Thank you for the ride, I’m so proud of you and I’m so proud that I have been allowed to be part of this.
“Thank you very much, the sky is the limit for you boys. Thank you.”
