Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness has been labelled 'uneducated and clueless' by an Aston Villa groundsman after claiming Liverpool's shocking 7-2 defeat on Sunday night was down to the length of the grass.
Jurgen Klopp's Premier League champions saw their perfect start to the season end abruptly at Villa Park, with Ollie Watkins scoring a hat-trick on an unforgettable night for the home side.
But Liverpool legend Souness, who played for and managed the club, bizarrely blamed the Reds' poor performance on the state of the pitch, claiming that Villa groundstaff had left the grass longer in order to slow the visitors' speed of passing.