Dietmar Hamann has admitted he doesn't understand Jurgen Klopp's pointed criticism towards him after the former Liverpool midfielder raised concerns at this season's slow start.
The Reds have endured their worst start to a league season in a decade, with two wins from their opening eight games leaving them 14 points short of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table. They put their domestic troubles aside last night, however, with a six-minute Mohamed Salah hat-trick helping Klopp's side to a 7-1 rout of Rangers at Ibrox and a third consecutive Champions League win.
Speaking ahead of the trip to Glasgow, former Liverpool midfielder Hamann questioned whether Klopp could spark his side back into form amid claims his time at Anfield could be coming to its close.
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"At some stage, I think we will have that discussion about the manager and I’m not sure how far we are off that," Hamann told talkSPORT. "He said that he still feels that he’s the right man to do it, but I see little things like Jordan Henderson midweek seeing his number going up and reluctantly taking his armband off and coming off, shaking his head.
"This is something that we haven’t seen at Liverpool for five years. Maybe these are little signs that people have little problems with the team or even the manager.
"The dynamics at Liverpool are no different to anywhere else and if the results aren’t there then the manager will come under pressure."
And when Hamann's remarks were put to Klopp in Tuesday's pre-Rangers press conference, the Reds boss sarcastically responded: "Oh great, he’s a fantastic source, well respected everywhere."
Despite going a goal down at Ibrox, the Reds responded in emphatic fashion, with Salah's hat-trick adding to a Roberto Firmino brace plus goals from Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott.
But Hamann insists there are still 'problems' among the squad, and the 49-year-old hit back at Klopp for his spiky response.
“It’s about the matter for me: It’s obvious that there are problems in Liverpool at the moment,” He said (via Sport Bild ). “Klopp may see it differently and if he thinks I’m talking nonsense, then he should say so.
“I have no problem with that at all, you have to respect other opinions – and that’s why I didn’t really understand what he said yesterday.”
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