‘Very strange’: Pundit now thinks Jurgen Klopp is a ‘bit nervous’ about Man United after his recent comments

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Gabby Agbonlahor thinks Jurgen Klopp is a ‘bit nervous’ about Manchester United after some of the Liverpool boss’s recent comments. The Reds travel to Old Trafford tomorrow night.

Jurgen Klopp made some interesting comments this week as he addressed something Gabby Agbonlahor on Talksport. The former Aston Villa forward criticised the mentality of Manchester United – and Klopp had something to say about that.

“It was not a nice week for United after Brentford,” Klopp said on Friday, per the Mirror. “We forget how good Brentford are.

“I watched the first half and then radio, talkSPORT. Gabby Agbonlahor… I was close to calling in! He wasn’t a mentality monster when we beat Villa 6-0.”

Now, Agbonlahor was always going to respond to that and he did on Saturday evening. He explained that Talksport pay him to give his thoughts and they didn’t have any complaints about his United comments.

But he also thought it was strange that Klopp moved to defend his team’s arch-rivals.

Gabby Agbonlahor responds to Jurgen Klopp

“Very strange for him to back Manchester United, but he might be playing mind games,” Agbonlahor said on Talksport. Maybe he’s a bit nervous about Monday night.

“If they don’t get a result against Manchester United he wants to make out that Brentford are better than what they actually are. But Jurgen, if you’re listening, I’m available for a chat any time.”

Well, there will be an element of this. Klopp will want to talk up United in any way he can – there’s no chance he wants Liverpool going into that game with overconfidence. Nor will he want everyone expecting a 4-0 win at Old Trafford as it likely won’t happen.

However, the fact he picked on Agbonlahor was likely just Klopp getting sick of the United pile-on. If you’re in football, that kind of rhetoric from people who aren’t playing will always irk a bit.

Above all, though, it’s about lowering expectations. If Liverpool do beat United at Old Trafford, it should feel like a fantastic result – not an inevitability because their opponents aren’t very good.