Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp has lashed out at Manchester City's Kyle Walker for a tweet he posted following the Reds' draw with Leicester City on Wednesday. The German manager's side dropped points at home and, as a result, failed to capitalize on the City's shock defeat to Newcastle.
A win over the Leicester would have ensured a seven-point lead atop the Premier League table for Liverpool, a fact Walker referenced in his tweet which featured a popular meme of Harry Maguire – the scorer of the Foxes equalizer at Anfield. The tweet read: 'So basically they thought they were gonna go seven points ahead'.
Thoughts on Kyle Walker's deleted tweet today? pic.twitter.com/dOVg9DGSJv
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The England international quickly deleted it, but screenshots of the post quickly went viral. Pep Guardiola, in his press conference ahead of the Sunday's crunch encounter with Arsenal, downplayed the significance of Walker's tweet. He said: "I'm not concerned about the social media of the players, what they tweet or Instagram, or other social media. I cannot control it."
However, Pep's rival in the title race, Jurgen Klopp, had a contrasting sentiment towards the Manchester City defender's action on Twitter. "I cannot help that. I am not sure what that says about us, it says something more about the other person.
"I never celebrated that another team dropped points or lost a game. For me that's not allowed.
"For supporters it is a little bit different, for people involved I don't understand.
"There will always be a bunch of people who hope you win and another bunch who hope you will lose," he added.
"You have to ignore both in your preparation, and in the end hopefully you celebrate with the ones who want you to win something."
Should City win against Arsenal, the point deficit will be reduced to two and Liverpool will be required to reinstate the difference when it takes on West Ham on Monday.