Proud Klopp delivers glimpse of Liverpool's glory days

For a long time now journalists have spent the majority of their time on Liverpool's big European nights writing about the past, about the iconic moments in history which make the club so seeped in nostalgia. But this night in Dortmund was all about a glimpse of the future.

The Europa League isn't the Champions League. Liverpool 2016 is not Liverpool 2005 and certainly not Liverpool 1984; but even so this mature, organised and disciplined performance in Dortmund, sprinkled with attacking flair and founded on a belief in the manager's tactics, gave hope that things are at least going in the right direction.

Having beaten Manchester United in the previous round this was certainly Jurgen Klopp's biggest test since arriving at Anfield; a quarter-final tie against his former club, the competition favourites, a side even he described as 'full, full, full of confidence".