Newcastle United trolled as Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp ‘fires back’ with cheeky touchline gesture

Jurgen Klopp was ‘pictured’ mocking Newcastle United assistant coach Jason Tindall following 10-man Liverpool’s shock late win at St James’ Park.

On a dramatic evening on Tyneside, the Magpies took the lead through Anthony Gordon in the 25th minute before Virgil van Dijk was shown a red card for a last-man challenge on Alexander Isak.

From then on, United were expected to go on and win the game, however, they self-imploded in the closing stages when substitute Darwin Nunez struck twice to earn the visitors an unlikely victory.

It was a feisty encounter on and off the pitch with tensions high on the touchline. During the first half when Newcastle were in the ascendancy, Tindall was supposedly spotted shushing Klopp, who had been complaining about Van Dijk’s dismissal.

However, unfortunately for Tindall and Newcastle, the German had the last laugh. And in a cleverly photoshopped image doing the rounds on social media, Klopp was made to look like he was returning the favour to Tindall.

Providing his verdict on the result, Klopp said: “It was much more difficult than the Barcelona game [in the Champions League]. Today was different. We didn’t start the game well, we conceded a goal and got a red cardhad Then we played better. At half-time the feeling was there that something was possible.

“Nunez with a super performance. I don’t think we needed too much luck. We calmed the game down and brought on Darwin, he was obviously fired up from not starting. We had really good football moments. It was a super mature performance.”