Jurgen Klopp forces Sky Sports interviewer into Liverpool U-turn during Man City interview

Jurgen Klopp couldn't resist putting Sky Sports reporter Patrick Davidson on the spot following Liverpool's draw with Manchester City at Anfield.

After a pulsating 90 minutes which saw City have the best of the first half and the hosts dominate the second, Liverpool fans were insensed they were not awarded a spot kick in added time. Alexis Mac Allister challenged for the ball in the penalty area and appeared to be caught on the chest by Jeremy Doku.

A brief VAR check ruled that Doku had taken the ball, so the on-field decision was allowed to stand. Such a controversial moment led to Klopp being asked by Davidson what he thought of the decision after Klopp was spotted pleading his case with referee Michael Oliver at full-time.

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Turning the question back at Davidson, Klopp asked him to answer it to which the journalist replied: "Jurgen you do like putting me on the spot."

Eventually, the German head coach did respond and said: "It was [a reasonable conversation to have]! Maybe you can ask him, but our opinions aren’t important.

"Would you have given the penalty in that situation?" When Davidson responded that he was not surprised VAR did not overturn the decision, Klopp pondered: "Isn’t it [VAR] there for just making the right decision and not thinking about how high the bar is to overturn a decision?"

Davidson joked whether Klopp wanted the microphone before the Liverpool boss continued: "Anywhere else on the pitch that is a 100% foul, and it’s a yellow card. He hits the ball, and only because his foot is up here, he kicks him. You can say yeah he hit the ball but if the ball is not