Coach storms out after handshake snub

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp chopped abbreviated and walked disconnected from a post-match interrogation aft watching his nine people a dramatic 3-2 Champions League triumph implicit Atletico Madrid this morning.

Red blistery Mohamed Salah netted Liverpool's victor from the punishment spot aft Atletico prima Antoine Griezmann scored 2 goals and was sent off.

Griezmann's footwear made interaction with Roberto Firmino's caput arsenic helium reached precocious for the shot astatine the Metropolitano.

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Klopp aboriginal appeared upset erstwhile rival manager Diego Simeone made a swift exit from the sidelines aft the last whistle and did not shingle hands.

So some the refereeing and that non-exchange were evident topics to research with Klopp successful his post-match interrogation - which rapidly turned fiesty.

Here's however it went down.

Interviewer: Do you person thing to accidental astir the referee tonight?

Klopp: What tin I say? Do you deliberation it was not a penalty?

Interviewer: I don't know. The punishment wasn't but I was talking astir the reddish card.

Klopp: Oh, I didn't spot it backmost but if the ft is successful the face, we've got reddish cards similar this. Of people it was not intentional, helium doesn't privation to bash it but if the ft is determination it's a unsafe crippled and you tin springiness a reddish paper for that. And that's however it is. I tin ideate that successful Spain cipher likes that reddish card, I get that, but evidently we had thing to bash with that.

Red blistery Griezmann cops reddish card

Interviewer: And the past one. We person seen you precise aggravated astatine the extremity of the game, I don't cognize what was the crushed due to the fact that I accidental you person to beryllium precise happy, due to the fact that of the result?

Klopp: Why was I angry?

Interviewer: I don't know, due to the fact that you privation to shingle the hand?

Klopp: Come on, I'm not specified an idiot that you… a small spot of a question present – I wasn't aggravated astatine all.

Interviewer: Ah! OK.

Klopp: I wasn't angry. Have a look. If you privation to marque a communicative of that I tin imagine. I privation to shingle his hand, helium doesn't privation it. In that infinitesimal I tin recognize that helium was moving inside. He's emotional, I'm affectional and you are not a bully idiosyncratic due to the fact that you privation to marque a communicative of that.

Interviewer: No. I was trying to…

Klopp: You said I was angry. When was I angry? I americium present aggravated due to the fact that of your question. Come on.

Klopp past walked off, overmuch to the amusement of Mark Bosnich, Craig Foster and Max Rushden successful the Stan Sport studios.

"That is the funniest happening I've seen successful a agelong time," Foster said.

"That's really a large question."

Rushden wasn't truthful sure.

"You think? I'd beryllium truthful sick – I mean if Jurgen Klopp said I wasn't a bully person, I deliberation I'd conscionable springiness up and locomotion distant from the game," helium quipped.

"He conscionable hammered the guy," Foster continued.

"The feline was close to accidental 'you were upset, helium walked distant without shaking your hand, that's abnormal, truthful what bash you deliberation astir that?'

"It's wholly good but helium is emotional, he's inactive emotional, arsenic helium should be... and besides connected Klopp's side, if he's a small spot susceptible oregon thing past it's onslaught back, it's your responsibility past I don't person to woody with it.

"But he's great, helium explained it successful the end."

Former Socceroos and Manchester United goalkeeper Bosnich was blissfully bemused.

"If he'd mislaid oregon drawn I could possibly recognize but erstwhile you triumph you crook astir and spell 'yeah sure, whatever, helium didn't privation to shingle my hand, whatever.'

"That was a bully one."

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The triumph near Liverpool astatine the apical of Group B with a cleanable 9 points from 3 matches, 5 points much than Atletico.

Klopp elaborated connected the Simeone snub astatine the property conference.

"I wanted to shingle his manus - we are some emotional," helium said.

"He was aggravated with the crippled - thing else. When we spot each different again we volition 100 per cent shingle hands...

"I wanted to shingle his manus but helium was moving off. I don't deliberation helium did thing wrong. I americium much unhappy with my ain absorption - we were some emotional. Next clip we spot each different we volition decidedly shingle hands...

"We don't similar that but yes the concern is clear. I privation to shingle his hand. His absorption for sure, similar mine, was not truthful cool. The adjacent clip we spot each different we volition shingle hands definitely. He was evidently angry, not with maine but with the game. There is thing else."