To have such a fact (probably one of which he was already aware) spelled out so clearly, in your fourth Premier League game and only the second at Anfield, and after destroying Chelsea the previous week, was a timely reminder that the road won’t always be smooth. You’d better be equipped to deal with everything that’s thrown in your way, particularly in this league where the result is king and many managers feel that any means necessary are justifiable in achieving that end.
The six Premier League games since Klopp took charge, have seen him have to deal with top Premier League outfits such as Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham. Over the next few weeks, when up against the less fancied teams, just what the Crystal Palace experience has taught Klopp will be put to the test. We’ll learn what those nagging voices inside his head have been pushing him to do so that his team doesn’t fall at the same fences, whether he’s listened to them and whether they were right.
Arriving in a whirlwind of flashes and headlines, the beaming blond from the Black Forest has firmly established himself as Liverpool boss, and is already a huge fan favourite. His words, his actions, his personality, and his results have refreshed and reinvigorated a club that had begun to eat itself in the months prior to his appointment. Can you imagine Rodgers picking out one defeat in seven to agonise over? No, I didn’t think so, he’d be riding the crest of a wave and predicting the title. Klopp gets it! The work isn’t done, it’s just begun. It’s nowhere near the end of the beginning, never mind the beginning of the end. You must always work harder, you can always improve; with him at the helm, there is no ceiling!