LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted he “wasn’t in a good mood” after seeing his newly-crowned champions thumped 4-0 by Manchester City.
The German was spiky to say the least with Sky Sports commentator Geoff Shreeves on the post-match interview.
Title-winning boss Jurgen Klopp was in a foul mood in a post-match interview after his Liverpool champions were thumpedCredit: Sky Sports
A number of times the Reds coach insisted he did not understand the question, before launching into a rebuttal against the reporter when asked about his side missing early chances.
Now in a press conference ahead of the weekend clash at home to struggling Aston Villa, the German has explained that having to rush into an interview put him in a foul mood.
Klopp said: “I was not in a good mood after the game. I was not in a good mood when I went to bed or when I woke up.
“And then at Melwood I said ‘I’m in a really good mood’.
“If you lose a game, you lose a game. You never take it easy but we’ve had a bit more time to think about it.
“The problem with post-match interviews it that you have a minute go inside and then you have all the interviews.”
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp fumes at Geoff Shreeves after Man City thrash newly-crowned champs 4-0
Strikes from Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden, plus an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain own goal, handed the Premier League champs a big defeat against the team they took the title off.
Klopp continued: “This game we lost in the key moments. In these moments City was better than us.
“We gave a penalty away, we conceded after a throw in, we left Joe [Gomez] alone in a situation that no player should be alone in against [Raheem] Sterling.
“We were good apart from that – good situations but we didn’t finish them off.”
Now, with six games remaining, Reds boss Klopp still wants to finish strongly.
The 53-year-old former Borussia Dortmund boss added: “If someone said the result didn’t matter for my team, I cannot help them.
“Yes results matter a lot. I am not only looking for results but we want to win football games – that is the reason we work in the training ground, go to away games and play home games.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
