{"id":297848,"date":"2023-12-12T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297848"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:27","slug":"james-milner-reveals-liverpool-dressing-room-clash-with-jurgen-klopp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/james-milner-reveals-liverpool-dressing-room-clash-with-jurgen-klopp\/","title":{"rendered":"James Milner reveals Liverpool dressing room clash with Jurgen Klopp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> James Milner reveals heated dressing room clash with Jurgen Klopp after an ex-Liverpool defender claimed the pair nearly fought following furious exchange back in 2017<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James Milner left Liverpool in the summer after eight seasons at the club\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Milner revealed his relationship and admiration for Reds boss Jurgen Klopp\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>On a packed train, how DO you ask a celebrity to move from a seat you have reserved? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>James Milner has admitted Jurgen Klopp once had a furious exchange with him in the dressing room during his eight-year Liverpool career.<\/p>\n<p>Milner left the Reds in the summer after a trophy-laden spell, lifting the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup on his time on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old, who served as Liverpool&#8217;s vice-captain, revealed Klopp was largely prepared to receive feedback from players during his time at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Milner admitted this did not typically extend to half-time, as he revealed Klopp had once reacting angrily when he was attempting to share his thoughts in the dressing room.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was pretty good, he was open,&#8217; Milner told the High Performance Podcast.\u00a0&#8216;Maybe not at half-time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78823093-12850429-James_Milner_revealed_Liverpool_boss_Jurgen_Klopp_once_told_him_-a-71_1702304102131.jpg\" height=\"362\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>James Milner revealed Jurgen Klopp once told him to &#8216;shut the f*** up&#8217; at half-time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78822661-12850429-image-a-51_1702303294451.jpg\" height=\"532\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Milner praised Klopp&#8217;s ability to take feedback on board from players during his time at Anfield<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We had one moment where he was sharing his thoughts and I was sharing mine and I remember him smashing his hands on down the table and shouting, &#8220;Will you shut the f*** up&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But Jurgen was brilliant, we had a great relationship, a great man off the field and supported our charity so much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;An amazing manager and I felt most of the time he was open and even if you didn&#8217;t feel like it in the conversation he gave you stuff back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt like he thought about it afterwards. I felt he was good at taking it on board. I saw him change a lot in the time I was there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool centreback\u00a0Ragnar Klavan had previously claimed Klopp and Milner had once come close to having a fight in the dressing room following a match in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Klavan had claimed in 2021 that the pair had nearly come to blows after\u00a0Liverpool&#8217;s 2-2 draw away against Sunderland, as two Jermain Defoe penalties cancelled out goals from Daniel Sturridge and Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Klopp and James Milner almost started a physical fight. It was the period when there was Boxing Day in England and they almost started fighting but eventually Milner stepped back,&#8217; Klavan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We saw from his eyes that Klopp would have gone all the way just to prove his point. It was the most stressful time for him as well. He was under a lot of pressure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/14\/78823027-12850429-image-a-52_1702303651941.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan previously claimed Klopp and Milner nearly had a fight in the dressing room<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was my first and Klopp&#8217;s second year. What are you going to do? You&#8217;re supposed to be a good coach. You are Jurgen Klopp who will make superstars of all players. The pressure started getting to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not supposed to be easy, but if you don&#8217;t deliver against a team like Sunderland, then you can forget about the places you had hoped for.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Klopp had played down the incident when asked about Klavan&#8217;s comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everybody knows how I look when I speak or shout; it looks quite aggressive without being aggressive. Maybe Ragnar was not used to that yet,&#8217; Klopp said in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was nothing. James Milner would never do that and I would never do that. It&#8217;s all fine.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Klopp had hailed Milner&#8217;s mentality after his departure in the summer after\u00a0332 games for the club, before he joined Brighton on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t want to underestimate Milly\u2019s quality but this mentality he has, the way he comes into the game. Oh, my God. Whoever comes in next, he has set a really high bar,&#8217; Klopp said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018How many games has he won for us in this way.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12850429\/James-Milner-dressing-room-clash-Jurgen-Klopp-Liverpool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>James Milner reveals heated dressing room clash with Jurgen Klopp after an ex-Liverpool defender claimed the pair nearly fought following furious exchange back in 2017 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/james-milner-reveals-liverpool-dressing-room-clash-with-jurgen-klopp\/\" title=\"James Milner reveals Liverpool dressing room clash with Jurgen Klopp\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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