Ally McCoist sees nothing wrong with Didi Hamann's honest assessment of Liverpool's form. And the Rangers hero reckons "touchy" Jurgen Klopp needs to relax a bit after his furious response to the former Anfield midfielder.
Klopp had been speaking to the press ahead of his side's trip to face Rangers when he gave a spiky response to Hamann's assessment that the Reds had lost their "spark" after just two wins in eight Premier League games to start the season. Hamann is a Liverpool legend and one of their heroes of Istanbul, but a furious Klopp questioned his legitimacy as a source and said playing for the club in the past doesn't "give you the right to say whatever you want."
McCoist was speaking on talkSPORT on Wednesday in the build-up to his old team's Champions clash with Klopp's giants at Ibrox. And when asked by host Laura Woods for a word that describes Klopp's demeanour, he had an emphatic response.
"Touchy! Absolutely, I'd use that word," he said. "It was difficult to argue with Didi actually, to tell you the truth. I watched the game against Arsenal and I take Didi's point. Arsenal are everything Liverpool have been (in the past). Liverpool just haven't started like themselves. Whether it's Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, whether it's the middle of the park. Salah definitely has lost his spark. He just seems very, very touchy, Jurgen Klopp. I've got to be honest, I'm in Didi Hamann's corner. Factually he's absolutely spot on, they don't look anything like the team they were."
Klopp had said: “Oh great, he’s a fantastic source. Well respected everywhere. That doesn’t give you the right to say what you want especially when you have no idea. I actually think Didi Hamann doesn’t deserve that you use his phrase to ask me a question. Do me a favour and ask your own question. That’s good. Try to ask a question without the word ‘spark’. That’s the challenge.”
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