Liverpool news: Jurgen Klopp launches scathing attack on Gary Neville over Loris Karius criticism
Anfield manager says he ignores former Manchester United defender's opinion and suggests Sky Sports pundit has forgotten how it feels to be criticised
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Your support makes all the difference.Jurgen Klopp has launched a scathing attack on Gary Neville for his criticism of Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius.
Neville, the former Manchester United defender, recently criticised Karius after his woeful performance in Liverpool's 4-3 defeat at Bournemouth, stating that the summer signing from Mainz was "miles away".
Karius hit back in response and said in an interview published at the weekend that: "He [Neville] was a manager for a short bit and now he is back to being an expert again."
Although the German came under more scrutiny after his error led to Dimitri Payet scoring a free-kick in the 2-2 draw with West Ham on Sunday, Klopp insisted on Monday that he was not interested in getting into a debate about his goalkeeper.
Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Middlesbrough on Wednesday, the manager said: “My job is to protect the players as much as we can, but I can’t do that when they’re on the pitch.
“I’m not surprised about it. In my first press conference I spoke about English media, and the pundits, the former players, forgot completely how it felt when they get criticised.
“Especially the Neville brothers, the one who was a manager, he should know. He showed he struggled with a job to judge players - why do we let them talk about players on television?
“He’s not interested in helping a Liverpool player.
“I don’t listen to them. Carra doesn’t speak too much about United players, and the Neville brothers don’t care much about Liverpool.
“Tell him I’m not on Twitter. If he wants me, Twitter doesn’t help.”
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