LIVERPOOL, England — For once, there was no big finale to Jürgen Klopp’s speech. Liverpool’s coach stood in the canteen at Melwood, the club’s training facility, with his players and the club’s staff gathered in front of him. All boundaries had blurred. Star players sat next to interns, all wondering the same thing:

What now?

Klopp did not, as he ordinarily would, end his talk with a rhetorical flourish, or a war cry, or even a joke. Instead, as he sent everyone home for the foreseeable future, he stressed two simple messages.

One: it was vitally important that everyone present — not just his players, but the club’s staff members, too — stayed in touch. If they were feeling down, they were to reach out to a friend, or to one of the countless WhatsApp groups that are the lifeblood of any soccer club, or even to him. “You all have my number,” he reminded them. Feel free to use it.

And two: If anyone started to feel unwell, if anyone had even the slightest concern that they might have contracted the novel coronavirus, they were to report in to the club’s doctors — Jim Moxon and Sarah Lindsay — immediately.