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With his perennially positive outlook on life, it's seemingly always the season to be jolly for Jurgen Klopp.

But as the Christmas period approaches, the Liverpool boss wants festive cheer of a different kind tomorrow.

Klopp has discovered, like Brendan Rodgers before him, that Anfield is proving anything but the proverbial fortress, some way from the cauldron the German will have heard about in his homeland.

Rather than acting as a 12 man, the subdued atmosphere has instead been acting as a fillip for visiting teams able to capitalise on the doubts that instantly seep from the stands the moment on-field matters go awry.

Of course, that hasn't been without good reason, given a record that has seen the Reds win just 19 of their last 40 home games since the end of the 2013-14 season.

And Klopp accepts that while minds of supporters may be distracted by the time of the year, it's up to his Liverpool side to seize the moment when West Bromwich Albion visit – and prompt 90 minutes to remember.

“It is close to Christmas and people are maybe concentrating on other things,” says the Reds boss. “But when we come together on Sunday we should all be prepared for a very special moment.

“Maybe we can create the best atmosphere in the last 10 years.

“I am only able to prepare the team for this. If we have to play against doubts, then it is difficult.

“Maybe we can make it a very special atmosphere.

“Like all things in life, you can wait for the moment or you can create the moment. And hopefully we can create the moment on Sunday.

“I'm always close to a good atmosphere in myself. If other people can join us in this, then that would be cool.”

'I hope we haven't shown our real face'

While indifferent at Anfield, Liverpool under Klopp have been a different proposition on their travels, although the dismal defeat at Newcastle United last Sunday was a painful reminder of how much work remains before they can be considered genuine challengers for Champions League qualification.

For every thrilling 4-1 win at Manchester City there has been the setback of a 2-1 home loss to Crystal Palace.

Such a schizophrenic nature has made it difficult to pass any accurate judgements on Klopp's fledgling tenure.

The German, though, is convinced Liverpool have yet to reveal their true identity.

“I hope we haven't shown our real face until now because I hope there's much more to come,” says Klopp.

“I saw a few good things in the last 13 matches. We have been quite stable and that's very important.

“Even in the games we lost it was not too bad. Okay, a few things were bad in those games but what I've always seen from us, whether it's bigger steps or smaller steps, we have been going in the right direction and that's the most important thing.

“We don't have to talk about our development always. We just have to show it. We don't have the time to train so much because we always have to play these games and each game is a reaction to the one before. But what we have done is okay.

“We have to do better and show our quality. And we have to finish discussions about our quality from the outside.”

'We have to train, work and do everything better'

Silencing talk of new signings has been high on Klopp's agenda this week, with the German keen to reaffirm faith in his current squad.

“You ask about signing new players from the outside, because they can help us,” he says.

“But I think the game of football should be a good example for life in that if you work together with the right people, that should be better than always trying to find better ones from outside. That's what we have to show.

“We have to train, work and do everything better. That is the truth. But all we have is the next game to show that we are prepared.

“I don't have 1% of doubt about the quality of this squad. I thought that in the summer when I wasn't even here.

“I thought it in October when I arrived and now we are in December and I am here I think the same. My mind doesn't change every two days.”

'We have to ignore talk about it being difficult to play at home'

Instead, the only noise Klopp wants to hear at Anfield tomorrow afternoon is the vocal support of a Liverpool support inspired by their team's performance.

“Everyone says that West Bromwich Albion will be difficult, and talk about their deep defending, but for us it's important that we look forward to the game and we want to play this game and have these problems and find the solutions,” says the Reds boss.

“We haven't finished our way, of course not. But always you have to find solutions.

“West Brom want to be successful and that's absolutely okay but we are playing at Anfield and we have to show this.

“We have to ignore this talk about it being difficult to play at home. If we do this then we can play good football.”