Jurgen Klopp has downplayed his touchline reaction to the fourth official during Liverpool’s draw with Chelsea.
Klopp was seen in face-to-face contact with assistant Neil Swarbrick after Simon Mignolet saved a penalty which helped salvage a point for the Reds.
But the Liverpool manager insists that the exchange was more light-hearted than it appeared and revealed that he apologised to the official straight afterwards.
“I turned to him [Swarbrick] and said: ‘Nobody can beat us’,” revealed Klopp.
“Obviously that is absolutely not true! But that’s what I said in this moment.
“I went back to the fourth official and said: ‘Sorry, you are the wrong person to speak to.’
“He said: ‘No problem, I like your passion.’ I have never heard that from an official before. That was cool.
“That actually I’ve never heard from a fourth official before so I thought it made sense you knew about it.”