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Jurgen Klopp has revealed how he plans on transforming the atmosphere at Anfield - just like he did at Borussia Dortmund.

The German was criticised by some fans and pundits for taking the players to salute the Kop after Divock Origi’s late strike secured a 2-2 draw at home to West Brom in early December, but Klopp says that he simply doesn’t care what other clubs think of his actions.

Speaking on BBC Football Focus, Klopp told of creating a “common atmosphere” at Anfield, just like he did at Dortmund. Contrary to popular belief, Klopp said that Dortmund also suffered from a poor atmosphere at the Westfalenstadion before he arrived in 2008.

He said: “When I came to Dortmund and we started to work together, it was not the best atmosphere.

“They (the fans) felt they had to wait too long for the next success. What we did we created a common atmosphere, only for us. The team started show the crowd that from this moment on that we were prepared to do more to make it easier for the crowd to enjoy what we were doing.

“That we are talking about this shows me, in my understanding, that something is wrong at the moment in the football world,” he said about the West Brom “salute”.

“If it is not possible for a team to show they are thankful for the atmosphere, and somebody is then saying ‘this is only for special moments’, why? The people are celebrating each goal. There will always be a gap between us. We play, they watch. That’s not the way I understand life.

“We don’t know how long we live so we have to take the day, we have to take the moment and if there is a moment to celebrate, do it.

“For example, you can go home to your family and celebrate Christmas like you want and it’s not interesting what anybody outside of your four walls says about this.

“They might say ‘they have the trees blinking blue and green, are they crazy?’ And you say it’s a colour you like. It’s not interesting what everybody else says.

“We are not in the world to do what everybody wants. We have to be a group. sometimes it’s family or friends and, how I understand it, LFC is family and friends.”