Steven Gerrard recalls Jurgen Klopp's "mistakes" confession during Liverpool sales pitch

Jurgen Klopp told Steven Gerrard he makes "tonnes of mistakes every day" during a reassuring pep talk at the start of the Aston Villa manager's coaching career.

Gerrard became a coach at Liverpool's academy in January 2017 and spent 18 months working under Klopp. The German was regarded as one of the best managers in Europe at the time after winning two Bundesliga titles at Borussia Dortmund and his reputation has only enhanced after lifting five trophies - including the Champions League - at Anfield.

Liverpool icon Gerrard would've been forgiven for assuming Klopp rarely makes mistakes due to his illustrious CV, yet the current Reds boss told the ex-midfielder he's prone to making the odd blunder and encouraged him to try new ideas with the club's youngsters.

"I was open with Jurgen, he was open with me," Gerrard told Gary Neville on The Overlap. "I said to him 'go on, what do you see from ex players that have been in the game?' and he said he sees so many players who've had good careers and automatically think they can go into the coaching side and they'll be a success.

"For me the key is going back to the beginning, taking your team at a level where there's no careers and making mistakes. He said he makes tonnes of mistakes every day - I said it doesn't look like it.

"But he said taking the U18 team here, don't take the U23s because I give and take players. Take your own team, play your own way, your own system, try things, it doesn't matter. I think that 18 months gave me the confidence that I could take a job like Rangers, I probably took that too soon."

Gerrard's managerial career has gone from strength to strength since working under Klopp. He guided Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title last season -