Proud Klopp delivers glimpse of 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.