Virgil van Dijk has challenged his team-mates to make sure they give Jurgen Klopp the "farewell he definitely deserves" this season.
Klopp announced a shock decision to leave Anfield at the end of the campaign after nine years at the club
Klopp will host his close friend David Wagner and his Norwich City side in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday.
With the Premier League leaders in possession of a five-point advantage at the summit and with a last-16 Europa League tie to come in March
Van Dijk says he and his colleagues will ensure Klopp has the sort of end to the campaign that will be fitting for a manager who has lifted every top-level trophy available in the last five years.
Van Dijk became the first Reds player to speak publicly about his manager's end-of-season exit plan and admits it is a difficult prospect to imagine.
Van Dijk
"It's a hard one to take, because the manager means so much for us, to me, to the club, to the whole Premier League I think,"
"But he made the decision for him and his family. It was always going to be a tough one and it was definitely the case.
"I think it will be a collective feeling and like I said already, I didn't have any feeling so far that that wasn't the case.
"I think [Klopp's decision] just should give you that extra boost, that special feeling that let's make the most out of it.
"I think that feeling was already [there], like I said before, since pre-season that we wanted to make things right from last year and we have to keep that going.
"As a fan and as a supporter of the football club, it will also feel that way.
"You want to be there and you want to be there for the team, be there for the manager. Let's make the rest of the season a special one so he can have the farewell that he definitely deserves."
Van Dijk added:
I think for me personally, like I said, my mindset is making sure our goals that we have and our targets that we are trying to achieve don't get disrupted by the news.
"That's what the manager wants as well. We want to achieve a lot of things and carry on with the form we have, with the way we are playing, with the players who are doing so well and keeping that confidence
"That's why we have to keep going. Like I said, that's what the manager wants as well and we have to block out the noise from the outside world, tunnel vision and focus on hopefully achieving success in these months for the manager at the club."
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