Klopp 2.0 is emerging, and with it, mentality monsters 2.0 is on the way too.
New players. New challenges to overcome - tough away game, dodgy decisions, ten men. New markers being laid down.
It all augurs well for a new period of success. We are at the start of that cycle, and the team isn’t fully built yet, but you can see it coming.
Howe is a second tier manager. I don’t like him because of who he chooses to associate with, but at Bournemouth he looked to be very promising. Now at a bigger club, with Saudi riches to spend, and instead of being bold and winning the game at 1-0 up and with a numerical advantage for over an hour, he shrank back and added uncertainty to his team with his choices, whereas Klopp, up against it, had the confidence and plan to go for it, and take the three points.