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Antonio Conte had spent a full week preparing his Tottenham players for what would greet them at Anfield and that was clear over the course of the ensuing 90 minutes.

Spurs dampened the famous Anfield atmosphere, restricting the noise to the opening minutes of each half, in the aftermath of Luis Diaz's deflected equaliser and then later when a few corners were won by the home side in the final moments. Other than that, all you could hear were the travelling Tottenham fans and the occasional lone voice among the home crowd trying to get a Mohamed Salah chant started.

In the end the Egyptian was as muted as the Anfield crowd on Saturday evening and there was a frustrated edge to Jurgen Klopp's post-match comments, even though he had earlier hailed Spurs' counter-attacking as "insane".

Tottenham players give Antonio Conte something he craves as Jurgen Klopp forgets to thank Spurs

When asked if Spurs' bodies on the line style of defending had impressed him, Klopp dismissed it, stating: "I'm sorry I'm the wrong person for that, I don't like this kind of football, but that's my personal problem. I think they're world-class and I think they should do more for the game.

"I think the game against Liverpool they had 36% or 38% possession, but it's my problem. I cannot coach it. So that's why I cannot do it. So yes, world-class players block all the balls, really difficult. Atletico Madrid is doing it. Fine, they won whatever. Fine, absolutely fine. I just can't. I respect everything they do, but it's not me."

Gary Neville weighed in afterwards, indicating that Klopp's words showed exactly why Conte would not have been the right fit for a United side now in a bad way.

Yet Neville was overlooking that this was a game-plan built