Gerard Brand

when he went to the Kop after a 2-2 draw with West Brom and he sort of went to celebrate or to show appreciation I mean West Brom weren't doing much at that time and nor were Liverpool really and he went up to the Kop with all his players and

It looked like he was celebrating, he was laughed.

James McLean called him a bit of an idiot.

Yeah, that's something he used to do at Dortmund a lot, wasn't it?

Yeah, exactly.

But what he was doing there was really subtle and it's actually still playing out now.

That relationship with the home crowd is actually hugely undervalued in football, I think.

I've read so many players say that at some points in their career they'd rather actually play away from home because home crowds can actually boost you up to 12 men and they can also pummel you down to 10 or 9 men and bring in the fans to the Kop like he did that day.

And it showed an appreciation and he's actually started a relationship between them.

He's repeatedly talking about the atmosphere at Anfield.

And when the team concede or they need a goal or even when they're leading and there's groans, he's always got his arms up in the air, either telling them to get up or telling them to sort of get behind the team.

And what that's done is create a comeback culture at Liverpool, particularly at Anfield, that is just completely unrivalled in the Premier League.

And what it means is that when Liverpool go 1-0 down, they always score the next goal.

Yeah, so since the end of the 2017-18 season,

The opposition hasn't scored consecutive goals against Liverpool in the Premier League and it's quite staggering.

So when Liverpool concede, they always score next.

Yes, remarkable.

So when Liverpool are 1-0 up also, and there are nerves and there are groans and players are going backwards and the Kop are sort of moaning, Klopp's got his arms up in the air saying, can't get behind him.

And it's absolutely no surprise given he came from Dortmund.

Anyway, it makes going to Anfield an absolute pleasure because the atmosphere is...