- Jul 5, 2008
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Yup.
Another from the Grauniad;
"When Chelsea became a successful club, I had to listen to some of them droning on (or so I thought) about how much they disliked Liverpool fans. I could never work it out. “Why Liverpool? Surely you hate us (Spurs), West Ham,Arsenal, Man Utd etc?” The response was unanimous, “yeah but you wait until you’re one of their rivals. You will never see a more hypocritical, entitled bunch” Of course I dismissed what he said. Why wouldn’t I bearing in mind the history between Spurs fans and Chelsea fans? But now I totally get it. Every game we play, we are deluged with comments from Liverpool fans - we’re cheats, we’re divers, we were lucky, our opponents are in the worst form they’ve ever been in. The list goes on.
So thank you Liverpool fans. In all my years of watching Spurs (nearly 50), we’ve played second fiddle to the great Liverpool sides. It’s so gratifying to realise that you genuinely fear us now. Enjoy your Sunday."
And in response:
'There is a cosmic unity in the Kop. It's a spiritual connection beyond petty rivalry. Yes really and klopp gets that. Of course there are fans who just pick a colour and they are easily spotted but thanks largely to Shankly LFC remains a club built on human relations and passion.'