Speaking on the Gary Neville podcast, the former Manchester United right-back said: “I’m surprised.
“Before the games as well he was talking about the referees and the Leno decision against Brentford. Everybody last weekend, on and off the pitch, in the interviews, seemed to think we were going in the right direction – I still think that.
“For me, the referees have been brilliant in these first two weeks, absolutely brilliant. That’s not to say they won’t make a mistake, but they’ve been absolutely fantastic and so have Stockley Park.
“So I’m really surprised that Klopp has gone for them in this period and is saying we’ve gone back 15 years because this is the man that talked about heavy metal football.
“Football being fast and furious, the excitement of English football, the cut and thrust of it, sliding tackles.
“All the things you’d expect Klopp would love, the physicality of the game, but something isn’t sitting well with him and I’m not quite sure what it is, maybe we’ll get that out of him in the next couple of weeks.
“But it does feel as though the physical part of the game that has come back in the last couple of weeks isn’t sitting well with him, which I am surprised with
“Before the games as well he was talking about the referees and the Leno decision against Brentford. Everybody last weekend, on and off the pitch, in the interviews, seemed to think we were going in the right direction – I still think that.
“For me, the referees have been brilliant in these first two weeks, absolutely brilliant. That’s not to say they won’t make a mistake, but they’ve been absolutely fantastic and so have Stockley Park.
“So I’m really surprised that Klopp has gone for them in this period and is saying we’ve gone back 15 years because this is the man that talked about heavy metal football.
“Football being fast and furious, the excitement of English football, the cut and thrust of it, sliding tackles.
“All the things you’d expect Klopp would love, the physicality of the game, but something isn’t sitting well with him and I’m not quite sure what it is, maybe we’ll get that out of him in the next couple of weeks.
“But it does feel as though the physical part of the game that has come back in the last couple of weeks isn’t sitting well with him, which I am surprised with
Fine with Neville.......this coming from a guy who welcomes and encourages fans to bust into stadiums and trash the place.
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