Klopp’s winning mentalityIn more ways than one, this Liverpool team under Klopp is completely different from all other Liverpool teams in the Premier League era.
Since the transition of the old First Division into the Premier League in 1992, Liverpool have had 7 managers before Klopp took the reins in 2015.
Three of them—Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, Rafael Benitez in 2008-09 and Brendan Rodgers in 2013-14—came close to winning the title, each time coming a close second.
Yet, each of those second-placed seasons were followed by collapse, as the teams lost important players, their rhythm and ultimately the managers.