Jurgen Klopp raised concerns over the Stade de France pitch ahead of Liverpool's Champions League final against Real Madrid.
The Reds lock horns with Los Blancos in the French capital on Saturday night bidding to complete a treble having already lifted the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup this season. Just days before the Paris showdown, the stadium's playing surface was re-laid.
And speaking in his pre-match press conference, Klopp admitted he held reservations over the quality of the new grass pitch.
"I don't know how bad or good it is, I only saw it," Klopp said. "The refs were training on it and I saw the ball bouncing.
"Maybe it's perfect, but it looks not perfect. I hope no one makes a story about 'Klopp moaning about the pitch.' I'm fine.
"This pitch is new since yesterday, which is not the best news. But it will be the same for both teams. You can see the lines where they put the pieces of the pitch [together], which is what we aren't used to.
"That someone thought it was a good idea to bring the pitch the day before to the stadium is an interesting idea. But it didn't kill my mood a percent. I am really happy we are here, I would have played the game on pétanque.
"I think both teams are technical teams and you would wish in a dream world that the pitch is the best you ever saw in your life," Klopp said. "That's obviously not the case. You will hear the same from Carlo [Ancelotti]. Definitely if you win you don't care about the pitch, that is easy to say."
The 2022 Champions League final was originally scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg, but following Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, UEFA moved the match to Paris.
A concert had already been planned to take place at Stade de France a week before the European showpiece, hence the requirement to swiftly lay a new pitch at the 81,338-seater venue.
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