Jurgen Klopp slams BT Sport scheduling for Liverpool’s clash against Newcastle: “I don’t understand it”

Jurgen Klopp has criticised the scheduling for Liverpool’s match against Newcastle later this month and called on BT Sport to push the kick-off time back.

The Reds travel to St James’ Park in the Premier League on April 30 in the early-kick off on Saturday afternoon, which comes after they host Villarreal in the Champions League semi-final on the Wednesday night less than 72 hours earlier.

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It is a quick turnaround that Klopp is less than impressed with, and he has called on BT Sport to move the match back to a later slot on Saturday to give his players a few more hours to recover.

“It’s the first time that we are in the semi-finals of two competitions and that’s our problem, I have no problem dealing with that,” Klopp said.

“But (the early