Jurgen Klopp will must be on his finest behaviour in the course of the journey to Aston Villa, together with his place on the touchline at Anfield for his ultimate sport relying on it.
Simply two video games stay within the supervisor’s tenure at Anfield, with a visit to Villa Park previous what can be an emotional ultimate outing in opposition to Wolves on Could 19.
However to be current on the touchline within the latter, Klopp must keep away from being proven a yellow card by referee Simon Hooper – who he has loads of historical past with – on Monday night.
Klopp is only one yellow card away from a touchline ban by accumulating three cautions in a season, having been proven a card twice over the marketing campaign up to now.
He was cautioned at Luton and Burnley after two Liverpool penalty shouts have been waved away, that means he must be on his finest behaviour in his penultimate sport.
It leaves loads of energy within the fingers of referee Hooper, who was the official in that defeat at Tottenham earlier within the season – an event Klopp admitted he can’t recover from.
The supervisor mentioned: “Solely the opposite evening was the primary time since Tottenham that Simon Hooper was standing subsequent to me for 90 minutes in a sport I didn’t get pleasure from within the first place in opposition to Everton.
“I attempted to get it out of my head and couldn’t.”
In his pre-Tottenham press convention, Klopp received quite a bit off his chest and together with his time within the Premier League nearing its finish, he could have a lot extra to say, let’s simply hope he avoids doing that earlier than his final sport!
Let’s not neglect he nonetheless has a suspended punishment for his phrases in opposition to Paul Tierney final season, and meaning he additionally can’t suggest bias or query the integrity of the referee, in any other case face a one-match suspension.
Get by means of these two video games, Jurgen, and then you definitely’re free to get all of it off your chest!
