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Published 14:39 9 May 2022 BST
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"But even here it’s probably only 50 per cent, because the other guys [Everton] were involved in another fight, at least until yesterday.
"Look, as managers – and I had this experience only recently after a game – we are all obviously, how can I say this, we are massively influenced by the game, by the situation and stuff like this.
"So I said – and would I say it again? No – but I said after the game [against Spurs] that they play like they play and are still only fifth. And it felt good in that moment but it was anyway wrong.
"But it was just my feeling in that moment, and I couldn’t respect Antonio [Conte] more and what he’s doing and my god how he organises teams and all these kinds of things.
Klopp also suggested that City's Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid would be 'difficult to take' - worsened by the fact that the Reds progressed to the final.
"But after a game like that… I don’t know exactly what kind of situation Pep was in, but after getting knocked out of the Champions League, that’s already difficult enough to take, but then of course Liverpool made it to the final," the German added.
"So of course you have these kind of things, 'They played Villarreal and we played Real' and all these kind of things, and then you say what you say.
"And he’s right, on top of it. I was right with fifth place and Tottenham still, and he was right that we’ve won the Premier League only once.
"I’ve no idea if the whole country is supporting us, that I don’t know. It’s not the feeling I get actually when we go to other places and play there, it’s actually the opposite! But maybe he knows more about that than me."
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