Jurgen Klopp hammers Didi Hamann over Liverpool comments

Jurgen Klopp refused to countenance former Liverpool hero Didi Hamann's analysis of Liverpool ahead of the Champions League game against Rangers on Wednesday night.

At the press conference at Ibrox, it was put to the Anfield boss that Hamann, who played for the English giants between 1999 and 2006, had said Liverpool "need a spark" after the 3-2 defeat away to Arsenal on Sunday.

The loss left Liverpool with just two wins out of their opening eight Premier League games but Klopp was not for listening to the RTÉ Soccer pundit, who expressed similar sentiments following the side's 2-0 Champions League win at Anfield last week.

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"Oh great, he is a fantastic source," said the Liverpool boss. "Well respected everywhere.

"(Being a former Liverpool player) doesn’t give you the right to say what you want, especially when you have no idea.

"I actually think Didi Hamann doesn’t deserve that you use his phrase when asking a question. Do me a favour and ask your own question. Try to ask the question without the word 'spark'."

Indeed, Klopp claimed the defeat against the Gunners should have been put in the context of the quality of the opposition and some key decisions that went against his side, not least the penalty Arsenal were awarded for a challenge by Thiago Alcantara on Gabriel Jesus.

They also lost Luis Diaz (knee), Trent Alexander-Arnold (ankle) and Joel Matip (calf) to injury but Klopp said: "We have to keep fighting.

"It will not happen overnight. I know people don’t want to hear that.

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