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28th November 2020
03:31pm GMT

Klopp had recently called on BT Sport and Sky Sports to work together in order to ease the workload on Premier League players, saying it was not just about his Liverpool players, but about all the players who had travelled on international duty.
On Saturday afternoon, he congratulated BT Sport for Milner's injury, accusing them of choosing Liverpool to play in the early kick-off, when it would have made no difference to the broadcaster to have played a later kick off, but been beneficial to his players to have extra rest.
Des Kelly argued back that he should be speaking with other Premier League chief executives, not blaming the broadcasters.
"Maybe you're firing at the wrong target," Kelly said. "We work within the Premier League rules and the Premier League makes the rules. That's the Premier League clubs." Klopp took a deep breath and replied: "I don't know how often I have to say it, you picked the 12:30 kick off. "If we play at 3 o'clock or 5:30, it's exactly the same," Klopp argued. Kelly, again, told Klopp it is up to the chief execs of each club to solve this problem. "If you come down here and have a go at the broadcasters, it doesn't go anywhere. It doesn't change anything," Kelly argued. "After Wednesday, Saturday 12:30 is really dangerous for the players," Klopp retorted.The conversation then moved on to the five subs rule, when Klopp took a swipe at Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder, calling him selfish for voting against allowing more substitutions. You can watch the full exchange here. https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1332702808127270912 Gary Lineker came out in support of Des Kelly, saying it was a Premier League issue, not one the broadcasters should be blamed for. https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1332699585756717057
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