Klopp Cuts Journalist Short After Question on Liverpool’s Captain Henderson

Klopp Cuts Journalist Short After Question on Liverpool’s Captain Henderson

Elijah Odetokun
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:25 PM
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  • Jurgen Klopp is not the best person to talk to after a loss or during a poor run of results
  • The Liverpool boss becomes overly sensitive to questions, and his press conferences tenser
  • A journalist found this out today after he was cut short by the German after asking a question

Liverpool got a sound thrashing in their last Premier League game, losing 3-0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers in one of their poorest and most embarrassing performances of the season.

Jurgen Klopp got public ridicule after his post-match comment did not sit well with members of the Wolves social media team, who retaliated with revenge in mind due to their previous meeting in the FA Cup.

The Reds will host the blue side of Merseyside, Everton, at Anfield on Monday night, and the German again made himself irritable at his press conference ahead of the game.

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Jurgen Klopp cuts journalist short over question there is a rift between him and captain Jordan Henderson. Photo by Visionhaus.
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Klopp cuts journalist short

As noted by Evening Standard, Jordan Henderson has not started a game for Liverpool since their embarrassing 3-0 loss to Brighton, leading to speculations there are issues with the manager.

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Speaking ahead of the derby next week, as quoted by Mirror UK, Klopp cuts in on the question relating to the Liverpool captain, claiming it is not a player problem but a team problem.

“I don’t understand why we are talking about one player. I mean it, he cuts in. “Everybody knows how much I respect him. I don’t like saying this, but it’s true, you are not able to deal with these kinds of things,”
“One player becomes the subject, ‘Henderson is this, Henderson is that’, Hendo is not our problem. Never was and never will be. When he is fit and in good shape, he played 98 per cent of the games we had,” he said.

As noted by Express, Klopp has a history of clashes with Everton boss Sean Dyche, who will oversee his second game in charge of after beating Arsenal last weekend.

Klopp tipped to walk away

Sports Brief earlier reported that English commentator Richard Keys claimed that Klopp would walk away from Liverpool if Real Madrid beat him in the Champions League.

UEFA's apex club competition returns next week, and last year's finalists will meet in the round of 16. Fortunately, both are going through rough patches at the moment.

Keys predicted it would spell the end of the road for the former Borussia Dortmund manager if he loses the encounter, which could repeat his seventh season curse at clubs.

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Elijah Odetokun is Reuters-trained journalist with three years of experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria, OmaSports and El Futbolero.
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