Departing Hyypia has Kop in full cry

THE tears flowed at Anfield but it had nothing to do with Liverpool missing out on the Premier League title to their bitter rivals from up the road.

Indeed, the Kop went home in relatively high spirits after a comprehensive victory over Tottenham sealed the club’s highest league finish for seven years.

But on a day of farewells at Anfield, Liverpool fans gave Sami Hyypia a fitting send off which reduced the popular defender to tears after Rafael Benitez’s side had finished the season undefeated at home.