Jurgen Klopp: Pep Making False Claims

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has responded to Pep Guardiola after the Man City boss claimed everyone in England supports Liverpool.

The German was quick to rubbish the claims by his Spanish counterpart, insisting not everyone wants Liverpool to win the league.

“I live in Liverpool so, yes, here a lot of people want us to win the league – that’s true – but even here only it’s probably only 50 per cent,” Klopp said in regards to the support remarks made by Guardiola.

“As a manager, and I had this experience recently, after a game we are obviously massively influenced by the game, by the situation.

“I said after the [Spurs] game ‘They play like they play and are still only fifth’. It felt good in that moment but it was wrong.

“But it was just my feeling in that moment. I could not respect Antonio [Conte] more and what he is doing and how he organises teams.

“I don’t know exactly which situation Pep was in, after getting knocked of the Champions League that is obviously already difficult enough to take, but then of course Liverpool made it to the final and then you have these things like ‘They only played Villarreal, we played Real [Madrid]’ and then you say what you say.

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“And he is right, on top of it. I was right about Tottenham, and he was right we won the Premier League only once. I have no idea if the whole country is supporting us, I don’t know that.

“It is not the feeling I get when we go to other places and play there, it is actually the opposite, but maybe he knows more about that than me.”

Liverpool are set to play the Champions League final against Madrid on May 28. Having won the League Cup and progressed to the FA Cup final, talks of a quadruple are very much rife despite the Reds losing ground on the league title with their draw against Spurs.

Manchester City opened up a three-point gap at the top of the table with an emphatic 5-0 victory against Newcastle cementing their quest to retain their title.

Both clubs have three games left of the campaign and while Man City only need to win all their matches, Liverpool will be hoping City drop points in order to catch up.

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