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Jurgen Klopp sarcastically congratulated a television journalist on James Milner’s injury and called Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder “selfish” in another pointed post-match interview.
“I don’t know how often I have to say it. You picked 12:30,” he told reporter Des Kelly.
“After Wednesday, Saturday at 12:30 is really dangerous for the players.”
Klopp had previously warned that playing matches on Wednesday and then participating in the early match on Saturday would cause problems.
“Until this year ends in this part of the season, we had this space three times,” he said. “Look, who else had this space three times? Nobody.”
Everton, who are not in Europe, will have played four times at lunch on Saturday at the end of the year, and Manchester United, who are in the Champions League with Liverpool, will also play three.
| 2: Liverpool (November 28 after Champions League, December 19 after Premier League) | 1: Everton (September 19 after the Carabao Cup) |
| 2: Manchester United (November 7 after the Champions League, December 26 after the Carabao Cup) | 1: West Brom (September 19 after the Carabao Cup) |
| 1: Man City (October 24 after Champions League) | 1st: Brighton (September 26 after the Carabao Cup) |
Liverpool lost 2-0 to Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday after resting several first-team regulars.
Three teams have played on Saturday at 12:30 after a Champions League game on Wednesday: Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool, once each.
Tottenham have played a game on Sunday at 12:00 after a Europa League game on Thursday night, which is a similar change.
Liverpool’s other game at 12:30 on Saturday this season, a 2-2 draw with Everton, came directly after an international break.
They have another next month when they face title rivals Tottenham on Wednesday December 16 before taking on Crystal Palace in Saturday’s time slot.
“Why did you pick us against Crystal Palace if you care?” Klopp told Kelly, adding “congratulations” when asked about Milner’s hamstring injury.
Klopp did Similar complaints to Sky Sports after a 3-0 win over Leicester last week and Kelly noted that the Premier League clubs have agreed on the schedules.
Klopp said: “We have one more Wednesday and one more Saturday at 12:30 before New Years. These are difficult times. If you play at 15:00 or 17:30 it is exactly the same. [from a TV point of view]. I’m not going to try with the stations, I’m just saying how it is.
“It is not only my players who have this problem. I only go to the stations with Wednesday to Saturday at 12:30. Seven other coaches [in charge of teams in European competition] has the same problem. “
Klopp also spoke again about the need for Premier League teams to be able to make five substitutions, as they can do in other countries and in the Football League, and was highly critical of Wilder.
“Ask Chris Wilder how we can avoid that [injuries],” he said.
“We had a talk between the managers, I think a week ago, it was 15-5 if not 16-4 for five substitutes.
“Chris Wilder constantly says I’m selfish. I think the things he’s said show he’s selfish. I was in a similar position in Mainz, all to stay in the league.
“Today, if we had five substitutes, I remove Andy Robertson and bring Konstantinos Tsimikas. To save Robbo. Not to improve our game, just to save him. It’s not about changing tactics and systems, it’s just saving the players.”
Klopp appeared to regret the interview when he later spoke to BBC Sport.
“Every now and then I try to bring up some things that are a problem, but not now because … oh, I already did because he wanted to have that interview and we had it,” she told Match of the Day.
“It’s silly enough to fall into that trap and now you have the headlines you wanted.”
The German reiterated that he thought “Wednesday, Saturday is completely normal” and his only complaint was lunchtime.
“This world is ruled by other people, the Premier League by Chris Wilder because he can decide that all of us don’t need five substitutes because he doesn’t need them,” he said.
“We had the meeting. Everyone had to talk. Chris was clear, he thinks he’s not useful to Sheffield United, so he doesn’t want to change. Fifteen others, if not 16, said they wanted to change.
“It would be enough if there was a vote, but nothing happened since then. If that happens in January, it could be too late. There are many games to play.”
Henderson would like to remove the VAR
Liverpool, who rose to the top of the Premier League with the point, had goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane annulled for offside by the video assistant referee.
They led through Diogo Jota’s goal, but conceded a penalty in injury time, also a VAR decision, after Robertson tried to clear the ball but kicked Danny Welbeck’s foot.
Pascal Gross scored the penalty to equalize, after Neal Maupay missed a penalty in the first half.
“I really can’t talk about it because I’ll get in trouble,” Reds captain Jordan Henderson told BBC Sport.
“If they’re offside, you do the line thing, so what can you do? The third, I don’t know, it’s not a penalty. You may think I’m biased, but if you ask four or five of their guys they’ll say so. same.
“They said it coming off the field. You feel like there are a lot of decisions that go against you, but that decision for me today is disconcerting.
“I don’t want to speak for anyone else, but in my opinion I would [scrap VAR]. I just want to play football normally. “
Klopp said the offside decisions were correct, although “it was tight.”
He added: “We are used to getting offside. The first penalty I heard was a penalty, the second we can all make our own decision.
“The second, my decision is that the referee gives it, it is a penalty. There is contact. If he decides that it is enough … generally a good referee sees when the players of the other team say ‘no, that is not a penalty’ . And they said that ‘. “
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