Ben Foster was keen to defend Des Kelly after the BT Sport interviewer was criticised by Steven Gerrard recently.
The Watford goalkeeper was responding after his side were beaten 2-0 at Anfield. The Hornets are in the midst of a relegation battle but were unable to claim anything on Merseyside despite being in the game for large periods. Their goalkeeper fronted up to face the media after the reverse.
Kelly was the man delivering the questions having recently faced the backlash of the Aston Villa boss. Gerrard saw his team fall short at Arsenal, losing 1-0 before the international break. He hit back at Kelly, swiftly ending the interview as he said: "I'm emotional, I don't like getting beat and I actually thought your questions would be a little bit better in all honesty."
Foster though didn't see it that way and ended his exchange by saying, with a huge smile: "And they are good questions alright. Stevie G... I won't have anything said bad about him!" Des Kelly said on social media: "Wise words from Ben." On the result itself the goalkeeper had said: "We can't expect to come away to the likes of Man City and Liverpool and pick up three points. It is the teams around us that we need to pick points up against."
Liverpool opened the scoring thanks to Diogo Jota, who headed home after 22 minutes. Watford missed a glorious chance to equalise when Joao Pedro fluffed his lines as he failed to hit the target. VAR then intervened to hand the Reds a penalty in the second-half.
Juraj Kucka hauled Jota down in the box which presented Fabinho with the chance to slot home from 12 yards. It allows the Reds to go top - at least momentarily - whilst Watford remain in the relegation zone despite playing three more games than Everton in 17th.
Speaking after the game Jurgen Klopp praised the way in which Roy Hodgson set-up his Watford side, who dug in before Fabinho made the game safe with a minute remaining. He said: "I really think it was a performance there in the right moments. The first goal was really nice play. Credit to Watford and to Roy. He can really organise the team. Everybody knew what place he had to close to make it difficult.
"We could have done better but after two weeks not together and the early kick-off it's really tricky. But all teams have the same problems. I don't think after the international break I ever see the best game of the season."
