Jurgen Klopp says he almost phoned up talkSPORT to defend Manchester United after listening to the station's post-match reaction to the Brentford defeat last weekend.
United were thrashed 4-0 by Thomas Frank's side after a horrendous first-half showing that saw them concede four times in the space of just 25 minutes.
Josh Dasilva fired Brentford into the lead after ten minutes of the match before Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee and Bryan Mbuemo sealed the score line with ten minutes to spare in the first-half.
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United were taken apart in the press after their pathetic performance, with talkSPORT guest Gabriel Agbonlahor particularly scathing of Erik ten Hag's side.
The former Aston Villa forward told Ten Hag to 'pack up' after the 'shambolic' performance from his side in the second match of the season.
“This is not Manchester United,” he said on the Gameday Phone-In.
“If I was them now after this game I’d be thinking, ‘You know what, Ten Hag, just pack up’. He’s had pre-season and they have started the season as a shambles, they’re like strangers on the pitch...amateur from Manchester United."
Asked about how United must be feeling ahead of their meeting with Liverpool on Monday night, Klopp refused to pile more pressure on Ten Hag's side and instead rose to their defence.
"It was that bad," he said at his pre-match press conference. "I drove home, watched the first half here, drove home and coincidentally listened to talkSPORT. And Gabby... he lost against us 6-0 in my first year. I couldn't remember him as a 'mentality monster' on the pitch.
"What he said about United on that show... I was close to calling in and telling him: "You have forgotten completely that you have been a player'. It is unbelievable. If ex-players are going like this, you can imagine how everything else is going."
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