Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp urged his players to write themselves into the club’s storied European history when they face runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.
While City currently have the upper hand domestically as they sit 18 points clear of third-placed Liverpool in the Premier League and just one win away from a third title in seven seasons, five-time European champions Liverpool have far more pedigree in continental competition.
However, the Reds haven’t reached the Champions League last four for a decade and Klopp wants modern day memories created at Anfield.
“This club is already so full of history and we have to write our own history,” said the German on Tuesday when quizzed whether he was seeking inspiration from Liverpool’s glory days in Europe.
“People meet me in the street and…
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