Former Liverpool forward Michael Owen believes Divock Origi should be upset with the way Jurgen Klopp has treated him.
Origi looks set to leave Anfield at the end of his contract this summer with his sixth Merseyside derby strike at the weekend potentially his final parting gift to the club. The forward was brought on with Luis Diaz just after the hour mark during Sunday’s 2-0 win over Everton.
At the time of his introduction, the game was goalless. However, the Belgium international went on to help set up Andy Robertson's opener before scoring his side’s second of the afternoon.
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A player for the big occasion, Origi scored twice in the famous 4-0 Champions League semi-final win over Barcelona before grabbing the decisive second goal in the final against Tottenham Hotspur.
Speaking after the Everton game, Klopp labelled Origi as a 'legend on and off the pitch' and was delighted with his contribution. The win helped maintain Liverpool’s bid for an unprecedented quadruple.
“He is a legend on and off the pitch," Klopp said. "He is a fantastic footballer for me, and I know it sounds ridiculous as I don’t line him up often, he is a world-class striker, he is our best finisher, definitely.
"He always was and everybody would say the same when you see him do these kinds of things in training, then you see the quality of the squad and other players and it’s really hard I imagine (for him).
"Other players were not in the squad but in really good shape, I have really hard decisions to make because the boys all want to contribute and are responsible for the situation we are in. Everybody loves Div and rightly so. He was again very decisive. I’m very, very happy for him."
But Owen has claimed he wouldn't be happy with the Liverpool boss if he was Origi.
"If I was a centre-forward and I came on so many times to save my manager, yet he never played me and he only brought me on occasionally, then I wouldn’t be giving the manager such a big cuddle,” he told Premier League Productions.
“You just know how much that man means to all of those Liverpool players and how much it means to those fans."
