Klopp vs Lampard: When Liverpool and Everton managers clashed

As Everton boss, Frank Lampard will return to Anfield as manager for the first time since he clashed with Jurgen Klopp on the touchline in 2020.

Lampard took his Chelsea side to Merseyside on the night that Liverpool lifted the Premier League trophy for the first ever time.

However, the Blues had their own priorities as they looked to finish in the top four.

They couldn’t prevent the champions from running out 5-3 winners in a bonkers game.

But seeing a Premier League rival beat his side as they prepared for a night of celebrations got all too much for Lampard.

After Liverpool were awarded a soft free-kick in the first half, he lost his head with Klopp and the Liverpool bench. And with no fans inside the stadium, we could, fortunately, hear every word that was said between them.

“That’s not a foul at the end,” Lampard protested. “Right, well sit down then.”

Klopp – along with his assistant Pep Ljinders – fired back.

“It’s not your job, it’s mine, to ask him [Ljinders] to sit down.”

Lampard: “No, no… if he’s going off at me then I’ll f***ing say something.”

Klopp: “Calm down… calm down… calm down.”

Lampard: “It’s not a f***ing foul. I’m not asking you. I’m not asking you, shut up man!”

Klopp: “HEY!”

Lampard: “F**k off you, as well. Only league title you’ve ever won and you’re f***ing giving it the big ‘un… f**k off!”

Klopp: “Calm down… calm down.”

Lampard: “Look, just tell them – respect… sit down.”

Last September, Lampard looked back at the confrontation when speaking on the High Performance Podcast and admitted he felt regret.

Yeah, I did regret that,” he said. “And when that broke the next day – I clearly felt it as I was doing it – but when it broke the next day and a friend of mine sent it to me in the morning, I was