Jurgen Klopp has dismissed any notions that his team is arrogant after Frank Lampard’s warning and has told his Chelsea counterpart that he must learn not to talk about what happens in the post-match touchmatch.
Lampard criticized the conduct of Liverpool’s sideline in their Premier League match midweek, which Liverpool won 5-3 at Anfield. The Chelsea boss later clarified that he was not upset with Klopp’s behavior, but with the “people behind the bank.”
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He warned Liverpool “don’t get too arrogant” with his success after the game. And speaking Friday, when Klopp was asked about Lampard’s warning, he gave his opinion on Lampard’s criticism and said the Chelsea coach needs to know when to stop talking about what happened on the field.
“We are not arrogant. Frank was in a competitive mood, I respect him a lot,” said Klopp. “From my point of view, in this situation [mid-match] you can say more or less what you want … he came here to win the game or get a point to help with the Champions League qualification and I respect him.
“What he has to learn is to end the last whistle and he didn’t. Talking after that is not good. Frank has to learn this, he has a lot of time to learn since he is a young coach, but he has to learn this.
“We are not arrogant, we are just the opposite. Final whistle, close the book and he did not do that and that is what I do not like.”
Klopp clarified his point of view, adding that he would not have spoken about Lampard if he had not been asked about the post-game comments by Chelsea’s boss at Friday’s press conference that ended Sunday’s game against Newcastle.
“As he spoke later, it makes sense to talk about what I mean,” added Klopp.
The Liverpool coach spoke the day his captain Jordan Henderson was named the Soccer Writers Association Footballer of the Year.
And he paid tribute to Henderson, saying: “Resilience made him the player he is now. Talent or attitude? He is a mix and Henderson is the perfect answer to that. If you want to have a boy who has made his way to become one one of the best players in the league and this year everyone recognized him. I’m very proud of him and he’s an exceptional captain. “
Klopp saw Henderson lift the Premier League trophy on Wednesday night and was impressed by the commotion of the moment, with Trent Alexander-Arnold pointing out to Klopp that his Liverpool team was at 96 points, the same number of people they lost. life. The Hillsborough tragedy.
“I don’t believe in coincidences too much,” he added. “I felt it so badly that things came together. It can’t be a coincidence that we had 96 points the night we got the trophy. I hope families felt the same, it made it really special.”
Liverpool will travel to St James’ Park on Sunday for their last game of the season to cap a remarkable 13-month period where they won the Champions League and the Premier League title. But Klopp warned the chase group that Liverpool is desperate for more success and will be “greedy” for more trophies.
“We decided when this story ends, it’s not over yet,” said Klopp. “You must be a team that nobody wants to play against, I think we are like that, but we need to keep it that way.”
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