Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp aims cheeky dig at Gary Neville after ‘madness’ replay claims
Amidst the ongoing VAR controversy, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has taken a playful jab at Gary Neville.
This week, amid the VAR debate involving Luis Diaz’s disallowed goal, Klopp urged that Liverpool’s match against Tottenham Hotspur be replayed.
Neville, a former defender for Manchester United, called Klopp’s remarks “madness.”
Klopp couldn’t help but poke fun at the Nevilles in his remarks prior to Liverpool’s Premier League matchup against Brighton and Hove Albion. The video is available to view below.
Klopp was talking about the fact that Alexis Mac Allister played against his brother Kevin during Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Belgian side Union Saint Gilloise in the Europa League on Thursday night.
The Reds boss said: “They are doing 25 interviews in a row now together.
“It’s the first time that two brothers played against each other in world football or whatever it felt like, it’s a really nice story.”
Klopp was then reminded by a reporter that Gary and Phil Neville had already played against each other.
The German hilariously replied: “Well nobody was interested in that obviously. Sorry, that was a penalty I had to take that.”
After the match against Union Saint Gilloise, the Mac Allister brothers did a rare joint interview with TNT Sports.
Alexis said: “I’ve played against my older brother before but never against Kevin – it was special. My dad was here too, he knows what it means, he cried a little bit.”
Whilst Kevin added: “He was the reason I suffer today, but it was a very special moment. Of course, Liverpool, maybe in the last match, come to Belgium and we can get revenge maybe.”
The two brothers are set to face each other again when Liverpool travel to the away match against Union Saint Gilloise in December.
Gary Neville has laughed off Jurgen Klopp wanting the game between Tottenham vs Liverpool replayed following the VAR error.
Luis Diaz had a goal incorrectly ruled out in Liverpool’s crushing 2-1 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last Saturday.
The PGMOL have since released the VAR audio of Liverpool’s offside goal, with fans spotting one damning moment from the incident.
The league fixture could be replayed if an appointed commission rules the match officials breached the laws of the game.
Klopp himself wants the game replayed against Spurs after Diaz’s goal was wrongly disallowed by VAR.
Speaking ahead of his side’s Europa League clash against Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday, he said: “Something like this never happened, so that is why I think a replay is the right thing to do.”
Asked whether Liverpool had asked – or would ask – the Premier League for a replay, the German boss replied: “At this stage we are still going through the information we have.”
He added: “The audio didn’t change it at all. It is an obvious mistake. There should be solutions for that. The outcome should be a replay. But it probably won’t happen.
“The argument against that would be it opens the gates. It is unprecedented. I’m used to wrong and difficult decisions, but something like this never happened.”
Neville has weighed in on Klopp’s replay suggestion as he has issued a blunt response on social media.
Taking to X, he wrote: “Can’t believe how Liverpool have grabbed defeat from victory in their handling of this!
They were wronged by a shocking mistake. End of!”
Asked about his ‘sudden change of tone’ from Saturday, he added: “Because of Liverpools statement escalating it , mentioning integrity and exploring options. Now we’ve seen they want a replay! Thats madness.”
Klopp and Liverpool alike will have to put the replay talks behind them when they resume their Europa League campaign tomorrow.
They return to Premier League action on Sunday when they travel to Brighton.
Gary Neville has come under fire from Mark Goldbridge for his opinions on the Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool VAR debate.
In Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Spurs, Liverpool star Luis Diaz had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside.
Since then, there has been constant pressure on the PGMOL to make the complete VAR audio of the incident public.
The PGMOL made available to the public the incident’s audio on Tuesday night.
Klopp advocated for a repeat prior to Liverpool’s Europa League matchup against Union Saint-Gilloise.
“It’s really important that we deal with football in a proper way, as big and important as football is,” he remarked.
Everyone involved, including the fourth official, linesman, on-field referee, and notably in this case, VAR, didn’t do that on purpose. It was a clear error, and I believe there would have been remedies afterwards.
“Some people probably don’t want me to say this, but the only result should be a replay, less as the manager of Liverpool and more as a football fan,” I said. It is as it is. Most likely, it won’t happen.
Neville responded to Klopp’s allegations by criticizing Liverpool’s management of the situation on social media, writing: “Can’t believe how Liverpool have taken loss from win in their handling of this! They had been victimized by an astonishing error. End of!”
Goldbridge, a United supporter and YouTuber, has now responded to Neville. “Can’t believe the Prime Minister of Football has failed to understand it again,” he wrote.
This isn’t a joke, it’s not an isolated incident, and it has nothing to do with Liverpool. It’s about football and the consistently awful choices that are made.
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