I see Clattenburg has rattled their cage in his new autobiography. Oh dear.
Clattenburg first came across Klopp in 2014 after his Borussia Dortmund side lost 3-0 at Real Madrid. Klopp took exception to the referee posing for a picture with Marcelo and his wife.
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Mark Clattenburg labels Jurgen Klopp a 'strange bloke' as former Premier League referee opens up on German's failed attempt to intimidate him before crunch Anfield clash with Chelsea
In an exclusive extract from Mark Clattenburg’s autobiography Whistle Blower, the former Premier League referee opens up on his prickly relationship with the
Liverpool boss...
Jurgen Klopp . Brilliant manager. Sour loser. I first came across him in April 2014. His Borussia Dortmund side lost 3-0 at Real Madrid in a Champions League quarter-final first leg. After the game, I came out of my dressing room and Real defender Marcelo and his wife asked for a picture. It was a private picture on their phone so I said yeah, no problem. Klopp walked past just as the photo was being taken. ‘Oh, so that’s why we got beat, is it?’ he said. He was not being humorous or friendly, he was being sarky. ‘You’re lucky you only got beat 3-0,’ I said. The fact we were in Madrid probably gave me a bit of bravado to answer back. It annoyed me when managers could not be gracious in defeat.
Klopp never took losing well. When he was winning he was happy, he was good fun. When things were not going his way, he got prickly.
My final game with Klopp was in January 2017 against Chelsea at Anfield. Managers rarely came into my dressing room for the exchange of team-sheets an hour before kick-off. On this occasion, Klopp came in with Jordan Henderson. It was bizarre, he stood and stared at me for about 30 seconds. I just stared back at him. I could see Jordan was a bit like, ‘What the hell’s going on?’
Did Klopp think I was stupid?
I was not going to be bullied by him. He left and all I thought was: ‘What a strange bloke.’
Quite.