Jurgen Klopp

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Image: Liverpool players complain to the referee during the Champions League final against Real Madrid His philosophies, of course, also projected in his footballing approach. He's very demanding but fair, he always push his boys to the limit but never throw them discouraging critics. He's the ultimate authority but he's "one of them". He parties with them, exchange jokes with them, the hugs, oh the many hugs, and he genuinely value everyone at the club from top to bottom. In fact at the start of his tenure in Liverpool, he gathered everyone in one room, from players to the toilet cleaner and the lunch lady and ask them introduce to one another, to create a togetherness atmosphere in the club.

If you are in four competitions at this stage and only finish with two - and not the league or Champions League - you will be disappointed." I love football so much because it is such a good example of how colourful the world can be. You use all the different cultures, strengths, and educations to be the best team you can be. It’s just a great example, really.’ Losing the Champions League is a disappointing season," Richards said. "Liverpool have been incredible but you look at winners, we are talking about the league being special and then the Champions League. Klopp has criticised the timing a handful of times already this term, saying after the 3-0 win against Brentford earlier this month: "OK, no-one can say at the moment but how can you put a game like this on Saturday at 12.30pm?I could not love this group of players more. I could not appreciate them more. I could not be more proud of them. This achievement is their achievement. Their focus. Their dedication. Their talent. Their hunger. That’s what has delivered this title. They sacrificed, individually and collectively, and they have their rewards. This group of players are giants for what they achieved." Last season, when we came so close, I said to the players afterwards that this was not the 29th attempt for them – for us, it was our first proper one. I also told them I loved them, appreciated them and was so proud to be able to call myself their manager.

But former Manchester City defender Micah Richards, speaking before the final, said it would be hard not to see failing to win the Champions League as taking the shine off an otherwise impressive campaign for the Reds. Jurgen Klopp will be speaking live to the media to preview Saturday's trip to Manchester City at 1.30pm on Friday. It's been a good week or two for Nunez and Diaz, in particular, with five goals between them during the break ensuring they should at least head to Manchester with their confidence levels sky high. I know what I thought when I said it, and I thought I put it all into perspective and said how much I respect everything that they’re doing. Then obviously it was still not right for some!"The club and council decided to go ahead with the parade after the Reds secured the Carabao and FA Cups this season. The mood in the dressing room makes it feel like not a great season in this moment - we'll need a few minutes or hours for that," he added.

We conceded a goal from a throw-in. (Federico) Valverde wanted to shoot, Vinicius was there and that's it. But, how I said, the club is in a good moment, we will go again." Analysis: Liverpool cycle far from over Yes, the core of this book is about Klopp’s strong values, it's about his work ethic, his natural charisma, his clear conscious between what's right and what's wrong. One single passage in the book perfectly describes this philosophy: “But unlike Bill Shankly, Klopp has never believed that sport is everything. It can’t be. ‘If life would be judged at the end, and you stood at that door, and somebody asked you “Did you win something or not?” that would be really strange. But: “Did you try everything to improve the place you’ve been in, the house you lived in, the mood, the love?” “Yes, I tried, every day.” “Then come in.” And all the other guys, who won ignoring all the rules, all the laws – I think they have to use another door. I didn’t do that much in my life. But when we won it felt incredible (because) we always won it in the right way. You have to be patient. You have to work harder than others. You have to try, over a long period. Then you have a chance.’” It’s possible [the team is ahead of schedule] but I didn’t think about it,” Klopp said. “But it feels good. It is only November but it’s really important we have the same points as other teams. We didn’t play perfect football yet, not even close, but we fight our way through in moments, we showed a top reaction today and it is all fine.

Goalkeeper - Alisson

For football addicts, this book would have been fascinating because there were so many mentions of players and historical football tournaments the author made reference to. I couldn't follow these parts of the book, but what I really liked about the book is the author gave enough emphasis on how Klopp started, grew and learnt about the art of football and also about Klopp's superb character which nails him to be a great football manager. Nunez registered twice against Bolivia earlier this week after netting in a 2-0 win against World Cup winners Argentina while Diaz provided the feel-good story of the international round when his double against Brazil saw his watching father break down with emotion in the crowd following his recent ordeal as a hostage in his homeland. Every manager across the division will likely be asked about the situation before the weekend's fixtures and Klopp will be no different. Given the fact that such a punishment has been meted out to the Reds' local rivals, it will add an extra layer of intrigue as to what the manager will say and Klopp has rarely played the straight bat to questions during his time on Merseyside.