Liverpool news: Agbonlahor responds to Jurgen Klopp after new talkSPORT twist
Gabby Agbonlahor has told Jurgen Klopp to worry about Liverpool rather than his punditry.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Aston Villa striker said Klopp shouldn’t be defending his “biggest rivals”.
Speaking to talkSPORT (19 August), Agbonlahor said Man United have not been “good enough”.
The former Villa forward slammed United’s “shocking” performances.
In his pre-match press conference (19 August), Klopp responded to the comments saying he didn’t remember Agbonlahor being a “mentality monster” on the pitch.
The Reds boss added that he was “close to phoning in” to remind Agbonlahor that he had been a player.
Liverpool lost 2-1 to Man United on Monday (22 August).
The Anfield club have been overtaken in the Premier League table by United after the defeat.
The former Premier League player said Klopp shouldn’t be worried about his comments and should focus on his own team instead.
“I think for me it was more of Jurgen Klopp shouldn’t worry about my punditry at all,” he told Football Insider correspondent Charlotte Cohen.
“Especially when it’s not about his team.
“Jurgen Klopp has defended Manchester United, his biggest rivals, then a few days later has lost to them. It’s just quite baffling. I think Liverpool fans will agree. ‘Why are you defending our biggest rivals?‘
“Everything that I said was exactly what other pundits across the world would’ve said. So, it was very odd and I’m sure Jurgen Klopp will look back and think ‘what was I doing?’.
“You’re talking about mentality monster, I was never one but he should be looking at forgetting about what I was and look at what his team are doing. He didn’t give his team the mentality monster against Manchester United, they didn’t have any mentality.“
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