'Jurgen Klopp must have really wound up Frank Lampard for him to react so angrily'

Frank Lampard's expletive-ridden touchline speech with Jurgen Klopp volition unrecorded agelong successful the representation arsenic some Chelsea and Liverpool spell to warfare again this Sunday

Liverpool and Chelsea volition bash conflict again this weekend, renewing a rivalry that erstwhile saw Frank Lampard impeach Jurgen Klopp of ‘giving it the biggun.’

Sitting archetypal and 4th successful the Premier League, respectively, the Reds, present with Arne Slot astatine the helm, and Enzo Maresca's Blues person some started this word successful impeccable form.

Led by the scintillating Cole Palmer, Chelsea person scored 16 goals already, a tally bested lone by Manchester City. Liverpool have dropped points conscionable erstwhile this campaign, too, meaning the upcoming conflict promises to beryllium as mighty arsenic the clash 4 years ago.

Lampard’s touchline spat with Klopp successful 2020, which saw the Englishman unleash a volley of expletives earlier the Premier League trophy was held aloft astatine Anfield, was defended astatine the clip by his uncle, Harry Redknapp, arsenic some sides look disconnected again astatine 4:30pm this Sunday.

Chelsea travelled to Anfield successful July 2020, with Klopp’s Reds having already secured the league title. This juncture would springiness them the accidental to yet assistance the coveted Premier League trophy, though nary fans would beryllium contiguous owed to the pandemic.

With a defender of honour to open, tempers flared arsenic the archetypal fractional came to a close. Mateo Kovacic was pulled up for a foul contempt Blues brag Lampard feeling passionately that his antheral got the ball.

Naby Keita had fixed his broadside the pb 15 minutes prior, and Trent Alexander-Arnold stepped up and curled the resulting free-kick into the apical close corner, overmuch to Lampard’s anguish. There would beryllium nary fightback, either, arsenic the eight-goal thriller ended 5-3 to the champions.

This sparked fury from the Englishman, who could beryllium heard telling his German counterpart to “f**k off” and halt “giving it the biggun.” Despite a rebuttal from Klopp, the erstwhile Chelsea manager’s uncle came to his defence.

“Frank has been astir nonrecreational shot since helium was a toddler,” Redknapp told The Sun. “He doesn’t request proposal from anyone, though I’ve tons of respect for Klopp.

“Frank is precise calm usually, helium doesn’t thin to get progressive successful things similar this. For him to respond similar that, it indispensable person been thing to truly upwind him up. Frank respects Jurgen. And I cognize helium volition conscionable privation to shingle hands connected it if helium tin and determination on.

“You don’t play truthful agelong astatine the precise apical and past go a Premier League manager truthful rapidly if you don’t person brains. It would beryllium bully for them conscionable to enactment it down them. Their paths volition transverse and it doesn’t assistance either of them if they can’t conscionable spot it arsenic 1 of those moments erstwhile tempers are frayed.”

Lampard suffered a akin destiny 2 months later, losing 2-0 to Klopp’s broadside successful the instrumentality fixture. He was relieved of his duties not agelong after, successful January 2021, and contempt returning to the nine successful April 2023 arsenic interim boss, helium ne'er faced Klopp again successful the dugout.

This volition beryllium the archetypal clip successful astir a decennary that Chelsea volition look the Reds without Klopp astatine the helm, and if the 2 teams' records truthful acold are thing to spell by, past possibly much on-pitch sparks volition fly.

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