Liverpool managed to pick up an absolutely crucial win in the battle for Top 4 on Saturday afternoon as they came from behind to beat Stoke City 2-1 at the Bet365 stadium.
The club's supporters will be absolutely thrilled with the result from a match that looked very much to be the exact type of game where the team struggles, and that idea was only reinforced when Jon Walters put the home side ahead in the first half.
Klopp's decision to go with three centre-backs was a strange one and there appeared to be some confusion amongst the players as Walters coasted in unmarked to get his goal, as he tends to do against Liverpool.
His stats against the club are truly remarkable.
Jon Walters - whose family are all Everton fans - has scored v Liverpool in 5 of the last 6 PL seasons including both of this season's games
— Daniel McDonnell (@McDonnellDan) April 8, 2017
Most PL goals against Liverpool:
11 - Andy Cole
8 - Thierry Henry
7 - JF Hasselbaink
7 - Alan Shearer
7 - Robin van Persie
7 - Jon Walters pic.twitter.com/L7UkBMVCjy— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) April 8, 2017
And Liverpool fans were not impressed.
Many took to social media to vent their frustration about a man who, in their view, always raises his game to face the Reds.
Jon Walters would be on par with Alan Shearer if they played Liverpool every week #StoLiv #jonwalters #EPL
— Father Damo Lennon (@DamoFather) April 8, 2017
Only 3 things in life are certain.
-Death
-Taxes
-Walters scoring against Liverpool.— Mukovhe. (@iMukovhe) April 8, 2017
Why does that fucking Walters score against us every time we play them ?
— Haydn Carlson (@HaydnCarlson08) April 8, 2017
Jon Walters has scored 93 club goals in his career and 97 of them were against Liverpool.
— Ciarán West Author (@CiaranWest) April 8, 2017
Fucking Walters
— Decky LFC (@declanwhitaker) April 8, 2017
Walters always seems to score against us FFS #LFC #YNWA
— NerminHadžiahmetović (@D_Name) April 8, 2017
Walters exists to slot past us and nothing else, I'm convinced of it. He will fuck off back to obscurity after today. Tory fucking twat
— ar91 (@ryant1892) April 8, 2017
Walters has his yearly goal against Liverpool now he can go back up being a useless shithouse
— park (@mattpaaaaaaaark) April 8, 2017
Playing shit. Check
No Rythm. Check
Young players struggling. Check
Walters scores. Check
Losing to Stoke. Check #lfc standard— mainstand red (@mainstandred) April 8, 2017
Our defending is absolutley fucking shambolic. Cant wait for Klopp to buy a good defender this Summer. Fuck off Stoke, and Walters the cunt.
— Bailey McIntosh (@LiverpoolNews11) April 8, 2017
Can't we just buy Walters & bench him forever ffs ? #StoLiv #LFC
— Ross (@rdgwrites) April 8, 2017
Why the fuck does Jonathan Walters always fucking score against Liverpool, just retire.
— Josh Lawson (@Josh_Lawson16) April 8, 2017
Guaranteed of seeing a Walters goal everytime Liverpool plays Stoke
— Medi Griffiths (@MediGriffiths) April 8, 2017
Jon Walters scores against Liverpool. No surprises today then. Come on reds. #LFC
— Anfield Ignite (@AnfieldIgnite) April 8, 2017
Only Liverpool can make Fucking Walters look like prime Inzaghi.
— Arastu (@illidan_storm) April 8, 2017
Had the score stayed at 1-0 there would have been a lot more, but Liverpool showed outstanding character to battle back and win that match despite the best efforts of Big Jon.
