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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hits out at journalist after Champions League win
Jurgen Klopp was angered by a question from a Danish journalist after Liverpool's Champions League victory over FC Midtjylland.
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Jurgen Klopp snapped at a reporter for questioning his starting XI for Liverpool's Champions League clash with FC Midtjylland. The reigning Premier League champions welcomed their Danish counterparts to Anfield on Tuesday night for their second Champions League Group D match.
Liverpool ran out 2-0 winners in their first home European Cup game of the season, with goals from Diogo Jota and Mohammed Salah making it two wins from two matches for the Merseysiders.
Klopp made four changes to his squad for the visit of Midtjylland, a decision a Danish reporter questioned after the match.
The German took exception to the question, saying in his post-match press conference: "If you watch LFC more you would know we show respect.
"The lineup today was respectful to FCM. We needed fresh legs to finish the game off."
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The Reds went into their meeting with the Danes in the midst of a defensive crisis following injuries to first-choice centre-backs Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip.
That crisis deepened on Tuesday when midfielder Fabinho - who deputised at centre-half alongside Joe Gomez - suffered a hamstring injury just shy of the half-hour mark.
Klopp is likely to pair 19-year-old Rhys Williams - who replaced Fabinho - alongside Gomez for Saturday's visit of West Ham.
"He felt his hamstring, and that's not good," Klopp said when asked about the Fabinho's injury.
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"He said he could have played on but no sprints, which doesn't help. We will see, we will know more after a scan but clearly, it isn't good."
He added: "We're doing really well but it's a shock for a team because now we have to sort that injury."
Cameroon international Matip is expected to return to first-team action in the near future, although Klopp doesn't know if he'll feature against the Hammers this weekend.
"I don't know," the Reds chief said when asked if Matip could play this weekend. "We have to see. If it was one game at the end of the season, we could probably make one or the other play. But we have a game three days later. The players need a proper build-up."