KLOPP’S TEAM CAN BECOME THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

I FELT more emotional than I’d anticipated when Stuart Attwell blew his whistle at Stamford Bridge to confirm Liverpool’s title. It started as that immense feeling of pride you get when you see one of your children score a goal.

The goosebumps came when I saw Kenny Dalglish, my hero growing up, on television wrapped in a Liverpool scarf and beaming that warm, cheeky smile.

When I saw the pictures of Liverpool fans celebrating, it really started to strike home. I thought about my own visits to Anfield as a boy, standing on The Kop with my dad, who is no longer with us. In

1990, we’d watched Liverpool beat QPR to become champions, little realising it’d be another 30 years before it happened again.

I was 13 then, 43 now, and for those Liverpool fans younger than me, I’m so happy they now have their own memories of watching the club become champions.

I wrote glowingly about Jurgen Klopp last week but I honestly think it will take another decade before it’s truly appreciated what this team has done.

To lose only two Premier League games in almost two seasons is remarkable. To think they’ve also been to two Champions League finals in that time as well is beyond astounding. There have been some truly great Premier League teams. You think of the three different sides Sir Alex Ferguson built at Manchester United, the Arsenal Invincibles, Jose Mourinho’s first Chelsea team and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City that consecutively recorded 100 points and 98 points.

To be regarded as the greatest of all requires sustained success, so it’s still too early to call this Liverpool the best ever.

However, if they can maintain these standards, and style, for two or three more years, they will be the best.