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Jurgen Klopp accused Amazon Prime Video presenter Marcus Buckland of being \u201cignorant\u201d after he made a joke about Liverpool\u2019s next game being on Saturday lunchtime.<\/p>\n
Klopp saw his side win 2-0 at bottom club Sheffield United thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai at Bramall Lane.<\/p>\n
They return to action in less than 72 hours against Crystal Palace for a 12.30pm kick-off, which is one of the German\u2019s biggest bugbears when his side have played on the prior Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
In a pitchside interview after the game Buckland joked that the Palace game was being played in Klopp\u2019s \u201cfavourite kick-off time\u201d but the Liverpool boss did not take it well.<\/p>\n
Interrupting, Klopp said: \u201cThat\u2019s really brave to make a joke about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe go home, I don\u2019t know exactly what time we will get home, we will arrive, maybe 1am-2am tonight and then play again. We have two sessions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is fine to recover and then we go again. Crystal Palace play tonight as well so it is really fine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realise you don\u2019t understand it as well and you work in football so why should I explain it again. If you make a joke out of that you are ignorant.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Buckland said he was not meaning to be disrespectful, Klopp added: \u201cYou were already.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll good, you can say what you want, I cannot say what I want because that would be really different.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory at Bramall Lane, which was their eighth game unbeaten, saw them close the gap to leaders Arsenal to just two points, with Manchester City losing at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
City are a further four points behind, but Klopp says it would be \u201cthe biggest joke in the history of football\u201d to write Pep Guardiola\u2019s team off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someone writes City off that would be the biggest joke in the history of football, that makes no sense,\u201d he said. \u201cArsenal are fighting, the next game starts from 0-0.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no clue where it (the title) is going to end up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is so difficult and intense with all the games coming up. Ask me again in April.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp also confirmed that defender Joel Matip has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament after suffering an injury in Sunday\u2019s win over Fulham.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s an ACL, ruptured, so that\u2019s what I unfortunately expected from, that\u2019s what it looked like. Very unfortunate, but that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool\u2019s victory ensured Chris Wilder\u2019s Bramall Lane homecoming was ruined in his first match back following Tuesday\u2019s sacking of Paul Heckingbottom.<\/p>\n
Wilder, who guided the club from League One to ninth in the Premier League in his first spell, was sacked in March 2021 and inherits a side seemingly on a fast-track back to the Championship.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old was given a hero\u2019s welcome ahead of kick-off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will stay with me forever that, I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a long time away. Some part of the support might have thought it was a mistake coming back but I have got to earn that trust back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Prince Abdullah did a couple of days ago, saying I was the best man for the job, I really appreciate that. I do believe I am the best man for the job but I have to go and prove it. I still think there is still plenty of life in me yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoyed watching a Sheffield United performance tonight. The reception they gave me was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n