6 steps in the evolution of Liverpool FC under Jürgen Klopp

#5 Mentality monsters

The greatest night in Anfield's history.

Liverpool's switch in approach showed just how far this team has evolved in the past four years. They were now just a bottle of character and determination. The last season has proved that.

In a normal season, 97 points would be enough to walk the league and celebrate weeks in advance. But what Liverpool came up against was not a normal team. Manchester City, in their own evolution, continued to break records. The most intense title race in Premier League history saw Liverpool keep up with the billion-pound squad, winning their final nine league games.

Despite the unavoidable disappointment in the Premier League, the Champions League was a different story though. Jürgen Klopp has still remarkably never lost a two-legged European tie as Liverpool manager. That record was in serious jeopardy when the Reds lost 3-0 at Barcelona in the first leg of the semi-final. What happened one week later at Anfield, will go down in history.

Everything that Klopp had worked towards as Liverpool manager came together in the most perfect way imaginable. Liverpool, flanked by the lovely support from the Anfield crowd, defeated Barcelona 4-0 to reach their second successive Champions League final.

These players just do not know when to give up. As Klopp very aptly put it, they are "mentality monsters".