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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp got into a heated argument with Des Kelly, the ‘BT Sport’ host, after his team drew against Brighton in the Premier League.
Liverpool squandered their lead and conceded a late goal to draw 1-1 against Brighton, a match that saw two Liverpool goals scored by video technology that delivered a fatal penalty to the opposing team.
Klopp harshly criticized his match schedule at noon Saturday after playing a Champions League match on Wednesday night, and also responded to Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder, who accused Klopp of being selfish and described him as “a high-level politician and only cares about Liverpool.”
The fierce discussion between Klopp and Kelly, the BT Sport announcer after the meeting, was as follows:
Kelly: James Milner has a hamstring injury, right?
Club: Yes, congratulations.
Kelly: Congratulations to me? Personally?
Club: No, but you’re working on these things, injuries and surprises, but ask Chris Wilder how we can avoid that.
Kelly: Maybe you shoot your fire in the wrong direction. We are in charge of broadcasting television, and we follow the rules of the English Premier League. The League is the one that approves the rules. Isn’t it more correct to direct your conversation to the League?
Club: I don’t know how many times I should repeat that, but you chose to have our match at 12:30 p.m. M., Not you personally, but you are responsible for that, and until New Years Day we will play again on Wednesday, then we will play the game on Saturday afternoon as well.
Kelly: But you say that we choose the 12:30 hours, while the association takes care of that.
Club: I told you many times that we live in difficult times.
Kelly: I know we are living in difficult times, the stadium is empty, of course we are living in difficult times. But those responsible for the investigation support the game.
Club: If we had played at five thirty or three, that would not make any difference.
Kelly: This has several ramifications, your CEO may meet with other CEOs to discuss this. If you come here and exploit your anger at the stations, that won’t change anything.
Club: I tell them how they are.
Kelly: You say it is a crime.
Club: Yes, playing at 12:30 pm after our game on Wednesday is very dangerous for the players.
Kelly: Who said broadcasters don’t care? This is not the problem.
Club: Why did you schedule our game against Crystal Palace at 12:30 pm if you care?
Kelly: I did not choose that, the league is responsible for choosing.
Club: But it is an exceptional season and we all agree.
Kelly: If it was a question of player safety, why did the five clubs in the League cancel the changes?
Club: This is interesting, because when I spoke to the rest of the coaches a week ago, I think 15 of 20 or 16 of 20 agreed with the five changes now, but since then nothing has happened because we need 14 votes and because Chris Wilder accused of being selfish. continually.
I see that everything he said shows that he is selfish, but that is not important, I was in a similar situation to him while coaching Mainz when the only thing that matters is to stay in the league.
If I had a chance to make five changes today, I would take Robertson out and insert Kostas, to protect Robertson, not to improve my team’s level, but just to save him, this is the situation, this is not a tactical change or A game system is not at all about protecting the players. Alone.
Kelly: We understand what you are saying and we agree with you, but you are taking a strange path by attacking yourself in charge of the TV broadcasts instead of trying to get support for the League meeting.
Club: I only criticize those responsible for the television broadcasts for scheduling our game at 12:30 pm after we played last Wednesday. We have 7 coaches in the league with the same problem. I want to stop that because it changes something. The problem is who signs the contracts. Yes, they are the shareholders of the club or whatever, it’s true. But the problem is much greater this season because we have not gone through the period of preparation and intensity with which the games are played.
The draw brought Liverpool to 21 points, one point ahead of Tottenham, who face Chelsea at the top of the 10th round tomorrow.
Brighton raised its score to 10 points, 6 points behind relegation positions.
Liverpool failed to win an away win in the Premier League for 4 games in a row (3 draws and 1 loss) for the first time between January and March 2017.
This is the first time the Reds have lost points after a minute in the Premier League since 2017 against Watford in a match that ended in a 3-3 draw..
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