Following Manchester United’s victory over Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp downplayed his tense altercation with Bruno Fernandes.
Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford scored goals for United on Monday night to surprise their fierce rivals 2-1.
After two losses to Brentford and Brighton, a late Mo Salah goal couldn’t prevent the Red Devils from securing their first victory of the year.
Klopp was powerless to do anything but watch as his Liverpool team collapsed on the field.
The German also aggressively approached United star Fernandes after the game, engaging in what appeared to be a passionate conversation.
Although they had a disagreement over how new United signing Lisandro Martinez responded to a challenge, Klopp insists that their conversation was not harmful.
Fernandes, who in Klopp’s opinion went down too easily tackled Martinez, but the Portuguese talisman argued otherwise.
The Reds manager clarified in his post-game interview:
“It was not animated it was the most harmless conversation I ever had with a player, who was obviously as emotional as I was.
“It was the situation with Martinez, who went down under an ‘awful’ tackle that was obviously nothing.
“He [Fernandes] made a bit of it, he was talking to me and saying, ‘you’d do the same’.”
However, Klopp claims he and Fernandes’ conversation ended amicably despite their opposing views.
He added: “But it was fine after, he told me he needs these kind of conversations. Okay, it’s fine, use me!”