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[The Ox]

Mate you're an Arsenal fan!

This. Arsenal have speakers playing crowd noise to create an artifical atmosphere. Pathetic.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

Sakho and the Kop... The greatest love story...😍

— Scött (@RedsOrDead)

71mins: "Sakho! Sakho!" is the call from the Kop after another brilliant interception from the Frenchman

— Liverpool FC (@LFC)

Somewhere in there you'll find me and my boy Kloppite shouting ''SAKHO! SAKHO!'' to Big Mama.

What a player. Personally i'd give him the captains armband over Hendo but if that's asking too much then at the very least he best get the vice captain role over Milner, who in no way shape or form should be our vice captain.

Best centre back in the league by far.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

Last two performances.

Leader of men.

[The Ox]

Mamadou Sakho's game by numbers: 100% tackles won 85% pass accuracy 3 clearances 3 interceptions 1 chance created

Mamadou Sakho: Won 13 duels vs Rubin Kazan, 5 more than any other player on the pitch

Russian craniums were shattered on this night.

[The Ox]

[BodiesInFlight]

So that's what goes down in the Liverpool dressing room.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

So that's what goes down in the Liverpool dressing room.

[The Ox]

So that's what goes down in the Liverpool dressing room.

Whose alt are you?

[The Ox]

Jurgen Klopp hailed “absolutely spectacular” Mamadou Sakho as he backed the Kop’s ringing endorsement of the French defender’s current form.

Sakho’s name was chanted during and after the 1-1 Europa League tie with Rubin Kazan, leading to the 25-year-old saluting the Liverpool fans from the centre circle at the end of the game.

Always a popular player with the supporters, he has started the Klopp era in style, making many question even more why Brendan Rodgers left him out of the line-up earlier in the season.

Sakho did not even make the bench in Premier League openers against Stoke and Bournemouth, and only returned to the starting line-up for the away leg against Bordeaux in the Europa League.

Rodgers suggested fitness concerns were at least a part of his decision but the popular centre-back has maintained his place since – bar being rested against Sion – and now appears to be firmly established in the back four favoured by Klopp.

The Reds boss had no wish to reflect on issues from before his arrival but is delighted with what he has seen from Sakho since his arrival.

Klopp said: “I can’t say anything about this (failing to start earlier in the year). Maybe he was not fit or things like this. But I can understand why they shouted his name. Mama was really spectacular defending and good playing football.

[The Ox]