‘Definitely something’ – Neville claims Liverpool boss Klopp sent Man Utd, Newcastle a message

Gary Neville reckons Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp sent a message to Manchester United and Newcastle with his “little fist pump at the end” of their 3-0 win over Leicester City on Monday night.

with a quickfire double from Curtis Jones and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s brilliant free-kick settling the affair.

The Reds heaped pressure on Leicester, who are second bottom with two matches to play, but they boosted their own chances of finishing in the top four.

Liverpool are just one point behind third-placed Newcastle United and fourth-placed Manchester United with two matches to play.

The two sides above Liverpool have a game in hand but Neville reckons Klopp was sending a message to Newcastle and Man Utd with a fist pump at the end of their match versus Leicester.

“They’ve got a job to do. Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp’s little fist pump at the end is definitely something that if you’re a Newcastle player or Manchester United player you recognise that he’s coming for you and I think he’s sending them a message,” Neville said on Sky Sports.

“They’re going to have to make sure that they do it properly because Liverpool will win their two games.

“I think Manchester United and Newcastle need to forget the idea that Liverpool might drop points, they’ve got to do their job or else they won’t be part of the top four.”

Klopp said after the match: “Our job is to keep the pressure (on Newcastle and Manchester United), but if not this is already better than we could have expected six or seven weeks ago.

“I have no clue what it means to us. Four or five years ago we had Chelsea on our neck and they were winning all the time. I think it was the year we finished fourth and had to go in the qualification.

“We had to win the last game and until the last we had to win, win, win, because behind us they were always winning.

“We made it anyway and that’s what I expect them to do as well, if I am honest.

“But it keeps you on your toes and that’s our job – we have to keep them on their toes and then we will see what happens.

“The game never became the game it could have been, a real fight, challenges everywhere, because we controlled it in a really convincing way.”