Kop meet Klopp as Anfield awaits new Liverpool manager’s home debut

Anfield’s patrons will run the rule over Juergen Klopp for the first time on Thursday when he supervises his maiden Liverpool home game against Rubin Kazan in the Europa League.

Having grown accustomed to the tactical tweaking and press conference grandstanding of Brendan Rodgers over the last three years, the denizens of Anfield Road are now adjusting to the methods of the gregarious German.

Klopp has dazzled in his early media appearances, but last Saturday he unveiled his blueprint for on-pitch success with a high-pressing, hard-running team display in a 0-0 draw at Tottenham Hotspur.

“I liked what I saw,” former Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher said this week. “Very rarely do you see a manager stamp his authority on a team from day one, but that’s what he did.”

Liverpool’s players ran a combined 116 kilometres in the game – making them the first team to outrun Spurs this season – and Carragher said: “As soon as they lose the ball, you can see they will keep pressing until they win it back.

“They’re organised and you can see that has been worked on in the first two or three days in training.”