Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists he gets emotional after defeats because he is a bad loser and not because he has run out of patience with the job.
The German was involved in a terse press conference following last weekend’s 3-0 defeat to Wolves – their seventh in the Premier League this season – and with the team continuing to under-perform speculation has started concerning the 55-year-old’s future.
Klopp, who arrived at Anfield in 2015, signed a contract extension last year to take him to 2026 but after two seven-year spells at his previous clubs there has been a suggestion he is suffering the same kind of fatigue – but he has rejected that. “It starts with being really emotional after the game because I hate losing – that will never change.
I know what you all think I did in the press conference but actually it was the lowest level of the aggression I had inside me,” he said. “I’m experienced enough to know you can get through this because of two things: when I left Mainz it was a career step as well.