Published: 17:04, 2 April 2026 | Updated: 17:04, 2 April 2026

Last weekend, Liverpool fans would not have been able to avoid seeing clips of Jurgen Klopp and that trademark beaming grin back on the Anfield touchline for a charity match.

On Saturday, those at the Etihad Stadium will turn their glances left to see another integral member of that era, Klopp’s No 2 Pepijn Lijnders, patrolling the technical area. The Dutchman will be in charge of Manchester City, with Pep Guardiola suspended.

And all being well with the Egyptian King's fitness, the travelling fans will also be present for the beginning of the end of Mohamed Salah’s time in England, leg one of a farewell tour for the figurehead of a glorious decade where Liverpool became a force once again after too many years as a sleeping giant.

Salah’s upcoming exit is another line in the sand that ends the Klopp era of heavy metal football and Lijnders’s slogan ‘intensity is our identity’.

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