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The Reds rebelled against the Lobos when the fans were present at Anfield for the first time in months.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp struggled to contain his emotions after seeing Reds fans return to Anfield on Sunday.
A small crowd of 2,000 were able to attend the Premier League clash against Wolves and Klopp’s team rewarded them with a resounding 4-0 victory.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 24th minute before Georginio Wijnaldum and Joel Matip scored in the second half on Nelson Semedo’s own goal that closed the score at the end.
Although pleased with his team’s good performance, it was the return of the Anfield faithful that really struck a chord with Klopp.
“The game, the atmosphere, it was so nice. It gave me goose bumps. They started ‘You will never walk alone’, really nice. I never knew it could feel so good,” Klopp told the BBC after the game, before you start to get excited.
“This started in February and we were hoping to get back to normal,” he continued. “Normal is good, I don’t think we appreciated it that much. It was very, very moving.
“Wasn’t it a perfect night? Whatever the weather outside, it was sunny inside the stadium.
“There were some challenges before the game: the wolves play different systems. I gave the guys information on how to push them. The guys were outstanding with the way they faced them, our best result against the wolves.”
On young goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, who started the game and kept an impressive clean sheet, Klopp added: “Very mature. Very calm. Very good on the ball and off the ball. It was a night to remember for him.”
Wijnaldum scored a magnificent second goal for the Reds and, while he quickly dismissed questions about a new contract, he was also delighted to have fans back at Anfield.
“It’s wonderful, really excited when we heard that the fans were allowed in. It was a great feeling that they were back,” Wijnaldum said.
“I don’t want to say it’s a ‘champions’ performance. We were patient, the positional game was good and we scored good goals.
“The fans helped the performance a lot because they cheered during the game and before we only had the bench to support us.”
