Jurgen Klopp has hit back at Mark Clattenburg after the former Premier League referee accused the Liverpool boss of “hypocrisy” and “mind games” ahead of this weekend’s crunch clash with Manchester United.
Clattenburg, speaking in the Daily Mail, suggested Klopp had made a “blatant attempt to influence a referee ahead of a big game” when the German questioned - after his side’s 1-0 loss at Southampton on January 4 - why United received so many more penalties than Liverpool did.
“I hear now that Manchester United had more penalties in two years than I had in five-and-a-half-years,” Klopp said at St Mary’s.