The Danish commentator on the receiving quit of a controversial outburst from Jurgen Klopp has insisted he has no hassle with the Liverpool manager’s response at some stage in their heated interview.
After seeing his facet fall to a last-minute extra-time 4-3 defeat to bitter-rivals Manchester United, the German stormed out of his post-match interview with Viaplay after taking offence at many times being asked about the situation of his players, given their hefty injury-list and intense schedule.
While prematurely ending the interview, Klopp would say to the interviewer, Niels Christian Frederiksen: “Come on, you´re for sure no longer in a tremendous shape and I have no nerves for you. What is wrong with youInevitably, the change went viral, with Frederiksen claiming it continued after the cameras stopped rollingHowever, the Danish commentator has defended Klopp’s reaction, insisting he had no hassle with Liverpool boss’s terrible response to his questioning and clarified that the German had now not definitely attacked his personal appearance.
“I interpret it mostly as an expression of his horrible frustration that they lost to Manchester United in the manner it happened, where they were ahead twice and have sealed the deal,” Frederiksen told Tipsbladet.
“His dream scenario used to be to play an FA Cup closing at Wembley in his last fit in England, and it really is been taken from him now. So I can apprehend he’s super frustrated.
“Then he acquired a query he did not assume was once appropriate. It’s been a theme for them that they’ve had many injuries and many matches, which he has complained about. Then he bought a question about why they didn’t have intensity in the game, and then he snapped.
“That’s fair enough. I have truly no problem with that. There will be simply no problems in the future. I cannot think about that at allWhen I interview him again, we will nevertheless be correct friends – professionally speaking. I do not assume he holds a grudge, and I honestly don’t.”
Asked if Klopp had insinuated that he was once overweight, Frederiksen shortly brushed aside the suggestion.
“No, no, no, that used to be not at all what he meant,” he insisted. “First of all, I’m now not overweight, and if I were, he would never ever say that. That’s now not how Klopp is.
“It wasn’t meant like that at all. He’s now not at all mean. He supposed that I used to be unable and unfit to ask questions. There was nothing else.”Despite Klopp’s reaction, Frederiksen defended his questioning and admitted he would now not have performed anything differently. Meanwhile, he also revealed that he does not count on to hear something from Liverpool following the viral exchange.
“No, no longer at all. What it be? I suppose it was respectful,” he said. “The necessary thing when you interview is to hear to what they say and not stare at your papers. He says they lack depth in greater time, so it used to be natural to ask why the depth wasn’t there.
“They’ve had many injuries, and they’ve complained about the schedule, and I can recognize him in that, however he should have simply said that.”
Meanwhile, Frederiksen additionally published what happened in the tunnel at Old Trafford after the cameras had stopped rolling, sharing his preliminary response to Klopp’s outburst and how it wasn’t the stop of irritated exchange.
“I was once very amazed with the aid of it, and those standing round had been scared,” he said. “And they were almost pressed up in opposition to the wall like: ‘Wow, what the hell simply happened here?’
“It continued after what was once considered on TV. He endured down the hallway, the place he yelled and screamed at me. I additionally accompanied him due to the fact I idea it used to be some thing strange.
“I was once very surprised, while some appeared very shocked, and they asked: ‘Are you okay?’ and of course I’m okay.
“I have interviewed Jurgen many times. I don’t comprehend him personally, however I’ve been to Mainz quite a few times when Leon Andreasen and Mohamed Zidan were there, and I have additionally interviewed him in Dortmund and many instances at some stage in his time in Liverpool. So we do not have a awful relationship at all.
“I recognize that when you’re one of the world’s satisfactory coaches, and you have been for years, it doesn’t come if you’re now not the world’s worst loser. The premise of being a correct teach is that you do not like to lose and that you are a winner
