The Danish journalist at the centre of Jurgen Klopp's post-match interview strop has revealed the ‘annoyed’ Liverpool manager left bystanders open-mouthed in shock as he continued to fume after the cameras stopped rolling.
Having landed back in Denmark as headline news, Viaplay commentator Niels Christian Fredericksen explained to Mail Sport how his ‘innocent’ opening question to Klopp soon led to a frosty exchange in the moments after Liverpool’s 4-3 FA Cup defeat to Manchester United.
‘Klopp got more and more intense,’ Fredericksen, who has covered Premier League football for Viaplay for 10 years now, said.
‘He got more and more fired up and then he started: “Dumb question, I can’t have this any more, I don’t want to stand here,” and he just left in the middle of the second answer!
'I was just like "what the f**k". It was quite an innocent question, not totally dumb.
'It’s not too clever but it’s not stupid by any standard and for sure it’s not aggressive. It really took me by surprise.
‘When he went around me I asked, “why do you feel so provoked?” Then he shouted at me and he pushed my microphone away.
‘I kept walking after him with a microphone and he pushed it away. He was trying to flea from the interview.’
Klopp, along with Liverpool press officer Tony Barrett, headed down the narrow corridor in the bowels of Old Trafford, down past Man United’s changing room.
‘He was very much annoyed. He pushed my microphone, cameras stopped, and he went down a short hallway towards United’s dressing room,’ Fredericksen continued.
‘He said something, he didn’t shout but said loudly, like “stupid question”, “dumb question”, "I won’t tolerate this” and such. He was really, really upset.’
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