Jurgen Klopp explains Tony Pulis snub

As you might have guessed, I don’t care a bit that Jurgen Klopp and Tony Pulis didn’t shake hands after their match.

“But I think he is a bit of an idiot to be honest after the game on Sunday”.

“Although they can challenge for a top-four finish this season, they are not necessarily going to sign the best players in the world in January”, Barnes told the Mirror.

Klopp, however, said that he and the players were merely recognising the “special atmosphere” inside Anfield.

“Already they have drastically changed and I have read articles that they won eight games in the last 10 games [seven in 11]”.

“I thought we were going to drag ourselves over the line for the victor”.

Klopp celebrated the late equaliser like it was a victor, pumping his fists towards the Main Stand and taking his players to salute the Kop at the end. “Sometimes with me it is like this, do what you want”. We hope it is not too serious.

“We had some words in the game and sometimes it takes more than a few seconds to cool down”, Klopp said.

Klopp’s focus is primarily on developing an emotional bond with his players, which suits his demanding, high-intensity pressing style of play.

“But for me that ugly, unambitious stuff where sides are not really bothered about trying to create chances is simply the product of the business side of football nowadays”. “I have been animated all my life on the bench”.

The news will come as a blow as Liverpool desperately try to find ways to get Sturridge back to fitness for a prolonged period, with the 25-year-old enduring another injury-plagued season that’s restricted him to just three appearances so far. “The big disappointment was they got that goal”. But he played the ball.

If the reaction of the Anfield crowd – and a poll on the Liverpool Echo website – is anything to go by, he might have stuck the right chord.

Another significant talking point was the offside decision that denied Olsson just before the interval.

“The big disappointment is the linesman never put his flag up”, said the West Brom manager.

“We will speak to the officials on Monday to find out why that is”.