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Jurgen Klopp confirmed "the players didn't have a lot of questions" after he announced he's leaving Liverpool - confirming Trent Alexander-Arnold's claim the dressing room was "shook for hours".
Klopp announced his plans to leave Liverpool after nine successful years in January, with Alexander-Arnold recently opening up on how the news rocked the Liverpool squad, who didn't see it coming.
The German recalled how the players reacted shortly after he made his announcement public, saying: "The players didn't have a lot of questions, I spoke to them all together and then a few after that.
"We have a really strong bond. Usually when a manager is in a dressing room and talks like that he got sacked. It isn't like that because of the things we achieved so that is why my responsibility is so big.
"We had last year's situation and I think a lot of managers would have got the sack and there was never any intention to do that and my responsibility grows and grows, so when it is not right anymore I have to tell."
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Alexander-Arnold was asked on Sky Sports to provide some insight on the moment the players were told and confirmed his team-mates were knocked for six by Klopp's decision.
The England right-back said: "Just a complete surprise to all of us as players, it was one that we didn't see coming, you never do, especially when things are going so well.
"We were flying, up and around the top of the league, we're fighting on all four fronts at that point for every trophy we could so you're expecting the good times to keep coming and coming and coming.
"So when he tells us the news and his decision we have got to respect it obviously but it's one of them no player wants to hear and it was one that kind of shook the dressing room for a couple of hours.
"But he told us, 'Look we're professionals, don't let it get to us'. There will be a lot of noise around, of course, but we have got to go and do our job, try and win games and give him the best possible finish."
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