Prior to the terrific English premier league game between Liverpool & Manchester City, that took place at Liverpool home ground Anfield yesterday. There have been exciting facts emerging about the toughness of any team to play at Anfield and win the home side.
Jurgen Klopp's side have won 35 of their previous 45 Anfield games - losing none
It has been just over 900 days since Liverpool lost a Premier League or European game at Anfield. It is an extraordinary record that has been the foundation of the club's climb to the summit of domestic and continental football under Jurgen Klopp.
Christian Benteke was the last man to silence the home fans at Anfield in the league when he came back to haunt his former club with Crystal Palace in April 2017. That result briefly put Liverpool's chances of qualifying for the Champions League in doubt but Klopp's side rallied, finished fourth and went on to reach the final in Kiev a year later.
Around two and a half years have passed since that day and Liverpool are now European champions and sit six points clear at the top of the Premier League after an almost flawless opening 11 games of the season.
And even on Sunday when Liverpool faced City, Liverpool triumphed in a stunning fashion, that even with City's relentless efforts. They found no answer to Liverpool's onslaught gingered by a mammoth Anfield occupants.
Liverpool now have a nine-point lead over City, an eight-point advantage over Leicester City and Chelsea and although it sounds dramatic to say so it already feels – with 26 games to go – that it may have to take something catastrophic for them not to triumph from here
Anfield is feared in Europe for this very reason - the atmosphere intimidates the opponents. There have been many comebacks for Liverpool at this ground and this one was right up there.
And the 12th Man power became extremely obvious in the Uefa Champions league semifinal, return leg clash between Liverpool and Barcelona where Barca were adequately handled and Lionel Messi was predominantly subdued.
The high flying Messi led the onslaught of the Kops, in the first leg even scoring a breathtaking freekick. Thereby beating Liverpool 3-0 in the first leg.
But in the second leg the magic of the Kops faithfuls shone through and demoralized the Barca stars to get a win with a scoreline of 4 unreplied goals.
What else needs to be said about this Ultra belief, and power that this 12th Gigantic man brings in for the Kops.
Even some greats has things to say about Anfield;
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger also described the reason for Liverpool's success in Europe. "Liverpool did not win the Championship for 30 years but in Europe, they do well. Why? Anfield. Home game, this is the most heated stadium in Europe. In the return game, the only place you don't want to go is Anfield because of the atmosphere and everything is special there," Wenger said on beIN Sports.
Former England captain Alan Shearer was breathless with the atmosphere he witnessed on Tuesday night.
"For me to be here and to sample the atmosphere, I don't think I'll see or hear an atmosphere like this again. The atmosphere was just something that took my breath away.
"I have never seen anything like this before. I've played at Anfield when there is a superb atmosphere but this is something else, something special.
"I've never seen Anfield like this and the fans were driving their players forward from start to finish. It's just been relentless. It was incredible from all the players. Wow," Shearer spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Ex-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand also could not hold back despite being of the rival camp. "What Liverpool produced here is breathtaking. It's fantastic and the scenes in the stadium - the tears, the emotion - it's amazing."
THIS IS ANFIELD, they said. They said it right.