Paris (AFP)
The red choir of Liverpool pushed the "Reds" of Jürgen Klopp towards a new title in the Champions League, the first for fourteen years, with in particular a memorable semi-final return (4-0) at Anfield which erased the large victory in the first leg of Barça by Lionel Messi (3-0). In the final, Sadio Mané's partners, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk tamed Tottenham 2-0, a year after the disillusionment of the title lost to Real Madrid. Renowned for being the man of the lost finals, with Borussia Dortmund and then Liverpool, Klopp abandoned this cumbersome label to put on the hero costume of "Scousers", this red people who swarm on the mythical "You'll Never Walk Alone. " Already adulated, and recently extended until 2024, the 52-year-old German coach is now aiming for the title of champion of England. If he spun between his fingers last year, for a point given to Manchester City, it seems accessible after the canonical start of this season. The "Reds" have been waiting for thirty years, an eternity on the banks of the Mersey.
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