Jurgen Klopp reveals moment last season that left him ‘very angry’
The German has discussed how he struggles to contain his emotions on the touchline
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Your support makes all the difference.Jurgen Klopp has revealed how Hamza Choudhury’s challenge on Mohamed Salah last season left him “very angry”.
The Leicester midfielder caught the Egyptian late with a challenge during the last campaign, sparking a furious outburst from the Reds manager, which has become a familiar sight since his arrival at Anfield in 2015.
And Klopp has detailed how he loses control of his emotions due to what he deems to be “unfairness”.
"It makes me very angry," Klopp says in the Liverpool documentary The End of the Storm.
"I have no problem with challenges and it's a contact sport but I was very angry with this boy because two weeks earlier he injured another player.
"He came on and was really aggressively. In these moments I am really angry, I cannot describe it in a way because it is 100 per cent the truth, I don't like it.
"I cannot deal with unfairness if I feel it is unfair for whatever reason, these are the things I cannot and couldn't at all deal with."
Klopp concedes he can become “very animated”, which often leaves him “grinding his teeth”.
And although the 53-year-old admits he can be left looking “like a complete idiot”, he insists he has calmed down.
“I had my moments, that's why I am still probably in Germany the record holder for red cards for managers,” Klopp explains in the documentary.
“For sure I have paid the highest fines in German Bundesliga. Irony doesn't help either, referees cannot really deal with that.
“I think my first red card as a coach I asked him how many wrong decisions are allowed because if it is 15 then we have one left.
“And he raised his flag and I was already on my way to the stands. But I have calmed down.”
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