Jurgen Klopp ensured Arne Slot will be given a warm welcome as his replacement at Liverpool after starting a song for the club's next manager during his farewell speech.
Klopp's nine-year reign at Anfield ended with a 2-0 win over Wolves on the final game of the season.
But the result of the match was always going to be secondary to Klopp's farewell after the club's title challenge collapsed a few weeks ago.
The streets of Liverpool were lined in a sea of red before kick-off as the club's supporters honoured their iconic manager.
Jurgen Klopp delivered a stirring speech on the pitch
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Klopp's name rang around Anfield continuously throughout the match and emotions ran high at the final whistle when his time as manager officially came to an end.
Virgil van Dijk could be heard choking back tears during his on-pitch interview while Klopp's wife, Ulla, was seen wiping her eyes in the stands.
Not one Liverpool fan left the stadium after the match as a short ceremony was arranged to honour Klopp with club owner John C Henry in attendance, along with his coaching staff and both Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara who are also leaving Anfield as free agents.
The 62,000-seater capacity stadium then waited with bated breathe for Klopp to grab the microphone and he didn't disappoint.
He had the Anfield crowd laughing and singing his name before he delivered a message urging them to get behind their next manager.
Klopp said: "Thank you. If you sing that song next year that would be funny.
"It doesn't feel like an end. It just feels like a start. Today I saw a football team play full of talent, youth, creativity, desire, greed. That's one part of development, that's what you need obviously.
"In these few weeks where I have had too much attention, I realised a lot of things. People say I turned them from doubters into believers. That's not true. You did it. Nobody tells you to stop believing. This club is in a better moment than a long time.
Jurgen Klopp beamed from ear-to-ear as he delivered a speech
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"We have this wonderful stadium, training centre and you - the superpower of world football. Wow.
"We decide if we are worried or excited. We decide if we believe. We decide if we trust or don't trust. Today I am one of you and I keep believing. I stay believing 100 per cent.
"Obviously I saw a lot of people crying and I will tonight too because I will miss people but change is good. Everything will be fine because the basics are 100 per cent there.
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"You welcome the new manager like you welcomed me. You go all in from the first day. You keep believing. You push the team. I'm one of you now. I love you to bits."
Klopp then began loudly chanting: "Arne Slot, na, na, na, na, na."
The Anfield crowd responded by singing the name of their new manager, who has a difficult challenge ahead of him to follow in Klopp's footsteps.
