Gary Lineker criticises 'stroppy' Jurgen Klopp after fume at Amazon Prime presenter

Gary Lineker has labelled Jurgen Klopp's rant at an Amazon Prime broadcaster in the aftermath of Liverpool's 2-0 victory at Sheffield United as "really weird".

After goals from Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai at Bramall Lane, the Reds boss appeared to be goaded by presenter Marcus Buckland, who referenced Saturday's 12:30pm kick-off against Crystal Palace as the German's " favourite" time.

Klopp hit back at Buckland, who he called "disrespectful" before insisting the presenter doesn't "understand" football.

The post-match interview gained plenty of traction online, with fans and pundits split on whether the Liverpool manager was right to snap back at Buckland for his comments.

However, Lineker believes Klopp's reaction was over the top and that Buckland had done nothing wrong with his "really, really mild joke".

Speaking on the Rest is Football podcast, the former Everton, Leicester City and England forward said:

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"Well, Pep [Guardiola] wasn't the only manager to get the hump. Jurgen Klopp last night [Wednesday], at the end of the game, dismissed the presenter as arrogant and didn't know what he was talking about just because he made a really, really mild joke about the fact that Klopp doesn't like a 12:30pm kick-off!

"And I must say, I don't think he did anything wrong there. I think Klopp was just obviously stroppy about something, and it was really weird.

"He said 'How could you joke about something like that?' I think, 'What? A 12:30pm kick-off?' It's not a hill to die on is it, really? When you look at the things going on around the world at the moment. But anyway, I