LIVERPOOL, England
\nLiverpool have made a legal complaint against a publication that reported claims from Manchester City that Jurgen Klopp\u2019s comments about their spending were \u201cborderline xenophobic\u201d. Klopp has strongly refuted the suggestions, which came after he said no other clubs could compete with the financial might of City, Newcastle and Paris Saint-Germain, who are all owned by Gulf states. In his press conference prior to Liverpool\u2019s 1-0 victory over City on Sunday, Klopp said: \u201cThere are three clubs [the Gulf state-owned City, Newcastle and PSG] in world football who can do what they want financially.
\nIt\u2019s legal and everything, fine, but they can do what they want.\u201d
\nCity were reportedly understood to have felt those comments inflamed tensions leading into a fixture which has become increasingly acrimonious.
\nPep Guardiola said coins were thrown at him during Sunday\u2019s fixture at Anfield, while visiting fans sang offensive songs about the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters.
\nIt is understood Merseyside Police have also received a complaint of alleged criminal damage to City\u2019s team coach on Sunday night.
\nCity have reportedly suggested privately that Klopp\u2019s viewpoint was \u201cborderline xenophobic\u201d but the Liverpool manager took exception to that insinuation, saying: \u201cIn this specific case, I don\u2019t feel it at all.
\n\u201cI know myself and you cannot hit with something which is miles away from my personality. If I was like this, I would hate it. I would hate myself for being like this.
\n\u201cI have said a lot of times things that were a little bit open for misunderstanding. I know that. It was not intentional, just sometimes you say things and you think \u2018Oh my God! It can be interpreted like this!\u2019 But this is not one of these moments.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool have made a legal complaint against a publication that reported claims from Manchester City that Jurgen Klopp\u2019s comments about their spending were \u201cborderline xenophobic\u201d. Klopp has strongly refuted the suggestions, which came after he said no other clubs could compete with the financial might of City, Newcastle and Paris Saint-Germain, who are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-290451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n