{"id":300291,"date":"2023-12-12T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300291"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:34","slug":"james-milner-reveals-liverpool-dressing-room-clash-with-jurgen-klopp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/james-milner-reveals-liverpool-dressing-room-clash-with-jurgen-klopp\/","title":{"rendered":"James Milner reveals Liverpool dressing room clash with Jurgen Klopp"},"content":{"rendered":"
James Milner has admitted Jurgen Klopp once had a furious exchange with him in the dressing room during his eight-year Liverpool career.<\/p>\n
Milner left the Reds in the summer after a trophy-laden spell, lifting the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup on his time on Merseyside.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old, who served as Liverpool’s vice-captain, revealed Klopp was largely prepared to receive feedback from players during his time at the club.<\/p>\n
Milner admitted this did not typically extend to half-time, as he revealed Klopp had once reacting angrily when he was attempting to share his thoughts in the dressing room.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘He was pretty good, he was open,’ Milner told the High Performance Podcast.\u00a0‘Maybe not at half-time.<\/p>\n
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James Milner revealed Jurgen Klopp once told him to ‘shut the f*** up’ at half-time<\/p>\n
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Milner praised Klopp’s ability to take feedback on board from players during his time at Anfield<\/p>\n
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‘We had one moment where he was sharing his thoughts and I was sharing mine and I remember him smashing his hands on down the table and shouting, “Will you shut the f*** up”<\/p>\n
‘But Jurgen was brilliant, we had a great relationship, a great man off the field and supported our charity so much.<\/p>\n
‘An amazing manager and I felt most of the time he was open and even if you didn’t feel like it in the conversation he gave you stuff back.<\/p>\n
‘I felt like he thought about it afterwards. I felt he was good at taking it on board. I saw him change a lot in the time I was there.’<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool centreback\u00a0Ragnar Klavan had previously claimed Klopp and Milner had once come close to having a fight in the dressing room following a match in 2017.<\/p>\n
Klavan had claimed in 2021 that the pair had nearly come to blows after\u00a0Liverpool’s 2-2 draw away against Sunderland, as two Jermain Defoe penalties cancelled out goals from Daniel Sturridge and Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n
‘Klopp and James Milner almost started a physical fight. It was the period when there was Boxing Day in England and they almost started fighting but eventually Milner stepped back,’ Klavan said.<\/p>\n
‘We saw from his eyes that Klopp would have gone all the way just to prove his point. It was the most stressful time for him as well. He was under a lot of pressure.<\/p>\n
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Former Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan previously claimed Klopp and Milner nearly had a fight in the dressing room<\/p>\n
‘It was my first and Klopp’s second year. What are you going to do? You’re supposed to be a good coach. You are Jurgen Klopp who will make superstars of all players. The pressure started getting to him.<\/p>\n
‘It’s not supposed to be easy, but if you don’t deliver against a team like Sunderland, then you can forget about the places you had hoped for.’<\/p>\n
Klopp had played down the incident when asked about Klavan’s comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Everybody knows how I look when I speak or shout; it looks quite aggressive without being aggressive. Maybe Ragnar was not used to that yet,’ Klopp said in 2021.<\/p>\n
‘It was nothing. James Milner would never do that and I would never do that. It’s all fine.’<\/p>\n
Klopp had hailed Milner’s mentality after his departure in the summer after\u00a0332 games for the club, before he joined Brighton on a free transfer.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t want to underestimate Milly\u2019s quality but this mentality he has, the way he comes into the game. Oh, my God. Whoever comes in next, he has set a really high bar,’ Klopp said.<\/p>\n
\u2018How many games has he won for us in this way.\u2019<\/p>\n
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