{"id":296607,"date":"2023-11-11T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296607"},"modified":"2023-11-11T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T21:47:08","slug":"jurgen-klopp-faces-awkward-meeting-as-liverpool-europa-league-rival-vents-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-faces-awkward-meeting-as-liverpool-europa-league-rival-vents-anger\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp faces awkward meeting as Liverpool Europa League rival vents anger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp faces an extremely awkward meeting with LASK head coach Thomas Sageder when the two teams reunite in the Europa League on November 30. The Austrian coach has bluntly explained that he is \u2018starting to dislike\u2019 Klopp in a brutal takedown.<\/p>\n

Sageder has taken exception to criticism from Klopp after Liverpool\u2019s 3-1 win over LASK on September 21. The German criticised the state of the pitch after watching his side cruise to victory in Europe.<\/p>\n

“The atmosphere is great but the pitch is really bad, so I\u2019m glad we didn\u2019t play here in December,\u201d Klopp said in his post-match press conference. \u201cIt was a great experience. Really loved the atmosphere.”<\/p>\n

Klopp also appears to have got under the skin of his LASK counterpart by fielding a weaker team in Thursday\u2019s defeat to Toulouse in France. Having generally rotated his starting 11 for Europa League matches, including against LASK, the German has split opinion among his rivals.<\/p>\n

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Sageder has now revealed that he is \u2018starting to dislike\u2019 Klopp due to the rotated teams and perceived criticism of LASK\u2019s groundspeople. \u201cWhat can I say, I\u2019m slowly starting to dislike him,\u201d the 40-year-old said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow he\u2019s setting up a [rotated] team and in our case he\u2019s criticising the groundskeeper. But we have the opportunity to show what we think about it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool welcome LASK to Anfield on November 30 in what could be an awkward reunion for Klopp and Sageder. The Reds head coach has clearly wound up his rival, with Sageder promising his team will use Klopp’s words and behaviour as motivation when they travel to Merseyside.<\/p>\n