Kop ready to be serenaded by ‘heavy metal’ football

Jurgen Klopp tells a story about playing a hypothetical game of tennis against a three-year-old girl. It would be no fun, he said, if he smashed the ball at her and won easily while she stood and watched. He’d rather play table-tennis against someone his own age and lose.

“At least that will be fun,” he said. “I’m not interested in who is the best but in who makes the most out of their own possibilities.

“Everyone knows the best and everyone knows who is best. But how is that interesting?”