The bespectacled 56-year-old German was to manage his beloved Reds for the 491st and final time at 4 PM against Wolverhampton Wanderers in front of a sellout crowd at Anfield.

With the Premier League game itself largely irrelevant now Liverpool cannot win the title, all focus was on Klopp, who had fought back tears as fans serenaded him at his final away game.

"We’ll never see his like again ... He's one of us," waxed John Pearman, founder of Liverpool fan magazine "Red All Over The Land" which brought out a special Klopp edition.

After leading the team to seven trophies, including Europe's Champions League in 2019 and the first English league title in three decades in 2020, Klopp is leaving of his own volition to recharge his batteries.

--Reuters--