Premier League | Liverpool v/s Man Utd: Klopp, Mourinho blame each other for snooze-fest at Anfield
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said he could never get away with the cautious tactics used by Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho in Saturday’s 0-0 Premier League draw at Anfield.
“Manchester United came here for a point and got it,” the German said in a TV interview. “For sure you could not play this way at Liverpool, but it’s okay for Manchester United.”
Asked later at the post-match press conference to expand on his thoughts about Mourinho’s tactics, the German, whose team still trail United by seven points, was more diplomatic.
“I said it was obvious they had a more defensive approach, I think that was obvious, but that’s completely fine,” he said. “After the game, it looked to me like they wanted a point; if they could get three, they would take it of course, but we wanted three.
“So they are happy and we are not happy. That’s easy. But it’s a home game so we should be dominant. I’m OK with the performance. It’s not my job to judge the Manchester United performance,” he added.
Klopp said that while he was disappointed not to pick up all three points, he was pleased with the way his team performed against one of the title …read more