NO CHANCE, JURGEN, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!

JURGEN Klopp says he ‘does not have the skills for mind games’, after he responded to my column in Thursday’s Sportsmail.

So that will be the same Klopp who stands and stares at the opposition warming up before games? He knows what he is doing, he is incredibly smart, and it is why he is one of the best managers we have had in the league.

Klopp once tried to stare me out before a match. That’s fine, he has a presence and an aura he uses for the benefit of his team. But the point I was making was that by referencing the amount of penalties Manchester United have won in comparison to liverpool, I believe Klopp was trying to get inside the head of the referee ahead of tomorrow’s game at Anfield.

I remarked how not since Sir Alex Ferguson had we seen such blatant mind games. Klopp denies this but why did he mention United’s penalties so specifically? I don’t know if he was accusing United’s players of diving or if he was suggesting they get favourable decisions.

I also think he is getting prickly because of liverpool’s form. I’ve seen it before with him. He is not a good loser. Ferguson wasn’t, either.

But I was disappointed by the reaction of liverpool fans and former player Didi Hamann, suggesting I’d said there was a refereeing ‘bias’ towards United. I did not, because there never has been. There used to be an aura around United when Ferguson was there, yes. But that does not exist any more. In fact, there is more of an aura around Klopp and liverpool.

The point I was making is that Klopp is wrong if he believes referees feel that intimidation now.

STOP BEING A HYPOCRITE JURGEN, YOUR GUYS DIVE TOO! KLOPP’S BID TO PRESSURE REF IS STRAIGHT OUT OF FERGIE PLAYBOOK MY VERDICT ON THREE