Fast-forward three-and-a-half years and Jurgen Klopp has transformed the five-time European champions back into believing they are worthy of their place in a Champions League final when they face Real once more in Kiev on Saturday. However, the feeling around Anfield is that Liverpool can now compete with Europe’s elite, and – with Klopp having renewed his contract till 2022 – the best is still to come. In Klopp’s first season Liverpool fell short in the League Cup and Europa League finals to Manchester City and Sevilla. His second campaign delivered Champions League football for just the second time in eight years. His third has so far solidified Liverpool’s status as a Champions League club with another top-four finish and run to the final.

Source: New Strait Times May 21, 2018 22:07 UTC