It’s not every day you see a Premier League manager apologise to one of his rivals, but then Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is all about breaking the mold, as we’ve seen many times already since he took over at the club.
Klopp had a spat with West Brom manager, Tony Pulis, toward the end of the Reds’ 2-2 draw at home last Sunday, clashing with his opposite number after a number of incidents, including a foul on Dejan Lovren that saw the defender writhing on the turf in severe pain.
But the German has moved to calm any further ill will between the two at his pre-match press conference today. He said (via the Daily Mirror): “Everything changed after the last game. I can easily say sorry for everything I said after the last game because I am emotional and Tony Pulis is similar.
“It was not for me a bigger problem. I really forgot to shake hands, that’s all. If we meet today it’s no problem to say sorry and talk about what happened.
“I have big respect for his work, but it’s not easy to switch on the lamps and switch them off. I wanted to go to my side, what can I say.”
Klopp is renowned for his passionate style and touchline demeanour, and has absolutely no qualms about going head-to-head with his fellow managers, something which is likely to make him as many friends as it is enemies while he manages Liverpool.
It is something that has already made Klopp a big favourite with his own players and fans of the club however, and it’s unlikely he’ll be stopping it anytime soon. He continued: “Sometimes you do things you would not do in real life, but it’s not that serious. You can not make your best decisions if you are at an extreme emotional level.
“I have no problem for saying sorry, but nobody asked me. Ok after the game maybe, but it was not time to think about this, because it was not a game that five minutes after you come back to normal.”
He should have punched the bastards lights out instead of apologising.
Bilious don’t be too harsh on his decision. Kloop did honourably by apologizing.