Larry Ryan: Klopp plugs in the cables for a noisy night at Anfield

But are the Liverpool cables the most electrified? Is there an Anfield Factor?

FRIENDS AGAIN: Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp (L) embraces Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta after the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on April 9, 2023. - The match ended 2-2. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) 

You’ll have noticed a concerted clampdown within football on the scourge of gesticulation. A censoring of body language. We’ve touched here before on the great English fear of mime and sure enough revulsion for the brandishing of imaginary yellow cards remains as prevalent as ever.

But that distaste has widened into a campaign against all forms of gesture, with Diogo Dalot sent off last week for protracted swatting towards the referee and Mikel Arteta done for waving. These people would never be able for the fist-pumping done in hurling after a free is won on your own forty.