Jurgen Klopp brought his remarkable Liverpool reign to an end with a 2-0 victory over 10-man Wolves at Anfield, capping a memorable Premier League tenure with the Reds. (More Football News)
Klopp 🌼announced back in January his intention to leave Live🅷rpool – who finish third in the league this term – and Sunday's triumph marked a fitting farewell for his nine-year stay on Merseyside.
Nelson Semedo's first-half dismissal opened the door for Liverpool to capitalise as Alexis Mac Allister, who was scythed down by t🅠he right-ba🌺ck for the red card, struck first after 35 minutes.
Jarell Quansah doubled the hosts' lead soon after in the opening 45 minutes as Liverpool eased to a ꦆfinal-day victory, with this defeat ensuring Gary O'Neil's Wolves end the season 14th in the table.
The Anfield crowd entered the stadium unusually early to create a roaring atmosphere for Klopp's farewell, but Live🔯rpool were slow to get going after the emotional pre-match build-up.
A ne✃rvy opening almost proved the home side's undoing as Hwang Hee🐭-Chan arrowed narrowly wide, with Virgil van Dijk denied at the other end just moments earlier.
Yet Wolves' encouraging showing was turned on its head when Semedo was shown a strai🔯ght red card – following a VAR check recommending a review – for an over-the-ball lunge on Mac Allister's ankle.
Making use of that one-man advantage, Harvey Elliott floated into right-wing space before 🧸curling for Mac Allister to flick a neat header into the 𝄹top-left corner.
Wolves suffered another blow just six minutes later a💙s Mohamed Salah volleyed from Cody Gakpo's flick🌳-on before Quansah prodded home with a simple finish from point-blank range.
The one-way traffic continued in the second half as Luis Diaz missed a glorious opportunity to make it 3-0, smashing agains💯t the crossbar with the goal gaping after Gakpo had rounded Sa.
Mac Allister deflected narrowly over soon after Sa had thwarted Gakpo in a one-on-one situation, while Van Dijk blocked an open goal for Matheus Cunhaꦅ in a rare Wolves chance on Alisson's target.
Matt Doherty thought he had sliced the deficit with five minutes remaining, but the Wolves substitute was caught fractionally offs൲ide as Klopp signed off with a comfortable victory.
Klopp's Kop farewell
Liverpool's Kop End at Anfield stood in unison for on☂e final time, waving goodbye to their great manager Klopp, who guided the Reds to eight trophies across his impressive spell.
Hisꦚ trophy-laden spell ends with Champions League glory and a Premier League crown as the most memorable moments of what was a storied tenure on Merseyside.
Klopp leaves Liverpool with 209 wins from 334 Premier League games, with his Reds scoring 🌳714 goals and conceding just 331 ⛎across his successful period at Anfield.
Super Salah
Klopp's impressive tenure was aided by the likes of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Salah as part of a fearsome front three – though the Egyptian is the only one꧟ who remains with the club.
Salah made his 250th top-flight appearance for Liverpool here against Wolves, while he has scored 155 Premier League goals for L🅘iverpool under Klopp, with only Thierry Henry (175 under Arsene Wenger) netting more under a single manager in the competition.
The Reds forward also has𝔍 the second-highest combined goals and assists tally by any player in their first 250 appearances for a single club in the competition (223 – 155 goals, 68 assists) – behind only H༺enry for Arsenal (243 – 171 goals, 72 assists).
