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Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool have already collected one club record this season - but the next one would be significantly more unwelcome.

At Crystal Palace early last month Liverpool went behind to Joe Ledley’s opener in the 48th minute before having James Milner sent off in the 62nd minute for two yellow cards.

Yet an unlikely rally saw the Reds come from behind to win through Christian Benteke’s controversial late penalty - the first time in club history the team had emerged victorious after having a man sent off while trailing.

It was a sign of the impact of Klopp’s never-say-die ethos and a welcome indication of the fight within the team, the feelgood factor carrying forward to the first leg of the huge Europa League clash against Manchester United just four days later.

Now Klopp’s Liverpool stand on the verge of another record, one again which has never happened since the club first kicked a ball in 1892.

This one though is far less welcome.

The 1-1 draw with Spurs last weekend marked the latest failure of Liverpool to string two successive league victories together at Anfield, failing to build on the 3-0 revenge mission against Manchester City following that League Cup final defeat.

Liverpool FC statistician Ged Rea has been searching through the archives and confirmed to the ECHO that the club has never gone through a season in any division in history without winning two successive home league fixtures.

There is still hope of course, with Stoke on Sunday one of five remaining fixtures to be played in front of their own fans; Everton, Newcastle (Rafa Benitez and all), Watford and Chelsea the others still to emerge through the Anfield tunnel.

Undoubtedly though we are reaching the final stages of a season where Liverpool’s inconsistencies at home are there in black and white for all to see. The number of teams who have come to Anfield and left with something for their troubles since the start of last season is now well into the 20s.

With just five Premier League wins at Anfield, they have won the same number of home league games as relegation-threatened Norwich and just one more than Newcastle and Sunderland who are both filling relegation places at the moment.

It is not all bad - with just three home league defeats, Liverpool match top four Arsenal and are better than Manchester City’s five - but there is no doubt that Fortress Anfield is far from rebuilt yet.

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Asked about the inconsistency in home results, Klopp was adamant that performances have improved even if results haven’t and said there were other factors to consider too.

Klopp said: “It’s about the opponents and our situation. We still have the most games around, we have the injuries here, Christian Benteke, Hendo, things like this. We don’t have the free choice, and say ‘these players are rested, bring them’.

“Results maybe not that consistent but performance became more and more consistent, that’s the first thing you have to do. It’s all about performance, the result is always a result of the performance and that’s what we tried to do all the time.

“We’ve made big steps in the right direction but obviously the other teams come here and have another plan and we have to react on this.

“They (Stoke) have had a week (to prepare), we’ve had two days, that’s the biggest difference. That’s why I said we need really the crowd on Sunday 100%, that’s very important for us.

“To be honest if you don’t tell me (the lack of successive wins) I had no idea because it’s not important. We always try to win in a row and all the time that’s what you can see hopefully. That’s important.

“There’s no comparison with the past and a few things that have never happened in the history of Liverpool. Hopefully a few positive things we did happened that never happened before too.

“We only have to go our way and be perfectly prepared for every game and that’s what we try to do.”

Klopp of course has made it his mission to restore Anfield to the place he has heard it can be.

In his opening press conference six months ago this week, he said: “I am not a dreamer but I am a football romantic. I love all the stories - Anfield is one of the best places for this.”

He wants to harness the power of his home ground, hence his mild rebuke for fans leaving early from the Crytal Palace game in November. “I felt pretty alone at that moment,” was Klopp’s now famous response. “We decide when it is over. We have to learn that we are responsible and with 82 minutes gone nobody can leave the stadium.”

When Liverpool produced one of their best performances of the season in their next game, the 4-1 demolition of Man City at the Etihad, Klopp’s first post-match thoughts were that he “wished it had been at Anfield”.

And it has been a fact that most of Liverpool’s best results this season have been achieved away from home - the Etihad, Stamford Bridge, St Mary’s (in the Capital one Cup at least), the Westfalenstadion, Old Trafford (in Europa) and even Villa Park (6-0 is 6-0 regardless of the frailities in the opposition).

At Anfield? Probably the aforementioned 3-0 against Man City and the 2-0 Europa win over Man United marked the best performances, the defeat of Leicester on Boxing Day a fine result too.

Klopp’s been quick to praise the support when the opportunity arises, as he seeks to rebuild a formidable joint alliance.

When Divock Origi’s deflection provided a late equaliser against West Brom, he grabbed his players and led them for a line-up in front of the Kop. Some mocked but those in the famous old stand lapped it up.

When a full Anfield gave strong support to a young Reds team in the Exeter FA Cup replay, it was the fans the manager spoke about first: “I really have to say thank-you to the crowd because I could not have imagined tonight would be so loud, in a rematch against a League Two team with the information that we would play with young players. It was a special atmosphere, it was great and it was a really enjoyable night for football.”

Against Man United in the Europa League he said it was an “unbelievable atmosphere”.

This part of rebuilding Anfield seems on course. The performances more consistent perhaps. Now for the results?