“Mad” Gary Neville comments leave Klopp annoyed

Jurgen Klopp has been left annoyed with comments made by Gary Neville in the Sky Sports studio.

Neville and his fellow pundits have suggested on more than one occasion that Liverpool would stand a better chance of winning the Premier League if they exit the Champions League.

Klopp, however, wants his side to compete on both fronts and has dismissed Neville’s comments.

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“They (pundits) talk constantly. It doesn’t mean they make more sense because of that. That’s the problem,” said Klopp, according to TeamTalk.

“I really don’t think that any other coach or manager in the world has to answer this question when he plays in the Champions League.

“It’s really unique. It only happens if you are the Liverpool manager and the pundits come from Manchester United and start these things.

“It is so easy to sit in an office or a studio and talk about things like that.

“We don’t draw up a season and say the best way to go through it is to go out of all the cup competitions early.

“You do that and in that moment the same people go for you like mad.

“Now it is closer to the end of the season and it is allowed to go out of the Champions League without even trying to go through? That’s really mad.

“I am not angry about it. It’s just so mad that I constantly get confronted by it.”

He added: “We play proper, real football and we try to win every game.

“The only thing I would say is that if we go out, maybe the fans won’t be exceptionally angry – ‘How can that happen?’ – because we still have a chance with the league.

“But I don’t think they will think before the game, ‘I hope we go out’. It is not that the players prefer the Champions League to winning the league.

“We still want to prove our value again in Europe. I think that is really important for the club that we really show we are a proper threat in that competition.”

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