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When Jurgen Klopp first arrived at Liverpool, he was the darling of the English press and even plenty of begrudging rival supporters.

Having said that, Mauricio Pochettino's men were the opponents when Liverpool lifted its sixth Champions League, the sole European triumph under the German.

But as it happens, Klopp's dislike for one Tottenham player does not stem from that fixture.



Indeed, the player in question had not yet moved to North London, and he attracted the ire of the Liverpool boss in a Premier League game that did not even feature the Reds.

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Instead, the former Liverpool boss bears a grudge against James Maddison.

Representing Leicester City in that season, Maddison was on the pitch when Vincent Kompany scored that improbable long-range goal, which maintained Man City's faultless run-in.

Klopp felt Maddison should already have been substituted, having shown signs of fatigue.

Yet these were the margins in such an extraordinarily high-quality season

And if Klopp's Champions League triumph against Spurs did not serve as much as a tonic, then perhaps his Premier League title the following season was more of a consolation, with Guardiola's side finally brushed aside on the way to a 99-point tally.


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