Robbie Fowler is backing Jurgen Klopp to clinch back the perch from which Manchester United knocked over Liverpool.
Liverpool are ready to win the Premier League title this season again. They are winning silverware again and former Liverpool player has backed the current team under Jurgen Klopp to clinch back the perch they were famously knocked off by Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United.
The Red Devils boss had made United the most successful team in England and had infamously quoted “knocking off those f***ing socusers off their perch”. Well Fowler thinks its payback time now.
“It’s not just a question of reclaiming its place on the perch Fergie talked about – the Liver bird is soaring,” said Fowler.
“For the generation of fans who have never seen Liverpool win the title, there is a sense that Jurgen is giving the club its pride back.
To reach the Champions League final two years running is not down to luck. You don’t come back from a three-goal deficit against Barcelona in a semi-final by just hoping the noise of Anfield will frighten them and the cards will fall your way.
“He knows what he is doing. He understands the touchstone for success is straight from Bill Shankly’s philosophy: He wants to make the people happy.
“That means playing the right way – whether it’s called rock and roll football, heavy metal football or whatever – with a work ethic that gives his team a realistic chance of winning. He recognises that success on the pitch has to be earned and is not a God-given right.
“Liverpool have always won stuff, or been in contention for trophies, but when you think of the Klopp era – and how close they came to the title last season – all of a sudden it makes you realise that when I played, we never really came close.
“Now they have a genuine chance of being champions for the first time in 30 years. It’s not over by a long chalk – there are 26 games to go – but eight points is a big gap. This is Liverpool’s time.”
Can the Reds claim their perch back? Or can United stop them?
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