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Stephen Killen

Jurgen Klopp leaves ESPN panel in stitches after ruthless putdown of former Man City defender

Jurgen Klopp was ruthless in answering a question from former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha after Liverpool's draw with Wolves in the FA Cup.

The Reds boss was speaking to the ex-Premier League man for ESPN after his side were taken to a replay following Hwang Hee-Chan's equaliser.

An error from Alisson Becker handed Julen Lopetegui's side the lead after he passed straight to Goncalo Guedes but Liverpool hit back through Darwin Nunez as he caressed a volley beyond Matija Sarkic.

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Mohamed Salah, with the help of VAR, fired the Reds in front before the South Korean international levelled in the latter stages. Klopp has spoken openly about his disregard of replays in the FA Cup and appeared to be in no mood for the questions with spikey responses in the aftermath of their clash.

So much so after being probed by former City man Onuoha, he questioned whether he played the game we know and love.

Klopp said: "I'm not sure if you played football but in these kind of things happen when you're two or three-v-one situations, then three people think one of the three will have to challenge."

The response from the German left the ESPN panel in stitches after their colleague wasn't recognised by the Champions League and Premier League-winning manager.

"If he was in a good mood I probably would have said something back," Onuoha, who made 232 appearances in the English top flight, responded after he was asked by the presenter whether he had any comeback to his answer.

"But he wasn't in a good mood at all. And I thought for my first time interviewing someone so significant in world football, if I bit back it might just turn into some sort of argument."

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