Asked about the club requesting a minute’s silence before the match, Klopp said: “Yeah, I think it’s the right thing to do.
“But I don’t think our people need any kind of advice from me for showing respect.”
“There were plenty of examples where our people showed exactly the right respect,” Klopp added.
“One which surprised me, and I was really proud of that moment, was last year when we played Man United around the very sad situation around Cristiano Ronaldo’s family, and that’s what I expect.
“For me, it’s clear that’s what we have to do. That’s it.”
Booing the national anthem
But why was Klopp asked whether he hoped that the tribute — requested by the club itself — would be respected by the Anfield faithful?
The UK’s Prime Minister at the time, Boris Johnson, condemned those who booed.
After that match, Klopp said the booing of the English national anthem was “not something I enjoyed,” but also said: “It’s always best to ask the question, ‘Why does this happen?’ They wouldn’t do it without a reason.”
The fans’ reaction at the FA Cup final became headline news in the UK. But it wasn’t the first time it had happened.
Fans had had the same reaction to the national anthem at the Carabao Cup final in February — and at the 2012 FA Cup final. It is the way some of the club’s supporters voice their opposition towards the establishment, and it’s a chance to do so before a worldwide audience.
In the aftermath of the unrest, Margaret Thatcher’s government talked of a “managed decline” of the city.
Booing of the national anthem at football matches when the team played at Wembley — which was frequent given Liverpool’s dominance of English football in this era — became widespread and remains so today. The reaction to it in the English media is still one of shock.
Social and economic inequality is something that continues to anger many in the left-leaning city. Significantly, it was Liverpool and Everton supporters who started Fans’ Supporting Foodbanks in 2015, an initiative which aims to tackle food poverty in the UK.
In the same interview in May, Gibbons said: “Maybe, come up to Liverpool and speak to people and visit the food banks and see how some people in this city are struggling.”
According to journalist Tony Evans, at the FA Cup final of 1965, Liverpool fans began singing “God Save Our Team,” and by the 1970s, “the booing was growing louder.”
That, of course, doesn’t necessarily mean fans will boo Tuesday night’s minute’s silence to honor Queen Elizabeth at Anfield.