Pre-match press conferences are usually occasions for managers to give injury updates and talk about how their opponent is going to be tough, no matter who it is. This is a tried-and-true formula, and it mostly works as long as the journalists stick to said injury updates and platitudes about the other team. Let's be honest: no one ever learns anything at pre-match press conferences and it's amazing coaches don't answer every question with "I don't know, we haven't played the game yet."
Sometimes a journalist gets bored and starts fishing for quotes, mucking up the formula. This is what happened during Jurgen Klopp's press conference ahead of Liverpool's Champions League match away vs. Spartak Moscow.
Klopp asked if he loves any of his players, he's not impressed. Press conference over.
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceEcho) September 25, 2017
This weekend, Tottenham Hotspur manager Mouricio Pochettino said he is "in love" with striker Harry Kane. An enterprising journalist asked Klopp if he was in love with any of his Liverpool players. He left.
I bet it's Loris Karius.
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