'I joined Liverpool months before Jurgen Klopp arrived – these are the big changes that happened'

A former Liverpool goalkeeper has revealed how Jurgen Klopp changed the air of despondency after Brendan Rodgers' reign.

After narrowly missing out on the title in 2013/14, the Reds had a dismal season, finishing eighth and a staggering 21 points behind surprise champions Leicester City.

Adam Bogdan, who joined from Bolton Wanderers that summer, immediately felt a sense of gloom around the club, which only improved once Klopp replaced the sacked Rodgers early in the 2015/16 season.

Bogdan

"A year before I joined, they almost won the league, but then the following season wasn't so good,"

"When I came in, it was the same summer as Steven Gerrard leaving the club, which of course was huge for the supporters to deal with.

"So, the atmosphere, to be honest, wasn't great. I know what that stadium is like on its best days, but it just wasn't the case around the time of my arrival.

“You could feel the frustration around the place, about the playing style, the results, the manner in which we were conceding goals. It was hard."

So when Rodgers was given the boot after a 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby, Bogdan wasn't shocked in the slightest

Bogdon added:

“On that day when Brendan Rodgers lost his job, I know everyone thinks of that moment where Jamie Carragher is surprised in the [Sky Sports] studio.

"But it didn't really surprise me at the time, if I'm being honest. You could feel that something wasn't quite right between the fans, the players and the management."

“And then Jurgen Klopp comes in. He's just this normal guy. He speaks really well, and his intensity was higher than we'd previously experienced, right from the start. He demanded so much from us.

"Jurgen Klopp wanted to do something else, you know it as 'heavy metal football', which basically meant causing chaos by pressing high, not worrying about what's behind you, but attacking the opposition on the ball, with everyone behind you following.

"He was really positive with the goalkeepers as well. We'd conceded a few goals, which just weren't good, and while he'd acknowledge that, he'd also identify multiple occasions where several things had happened in the build-up which could have been avoided, before the goals were conceded."