Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken of his admiration for Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson.

Klopp concedes others – such as former Reds boss Kenny Dalglish, quite possibly – would maybe not see things the same way.

“I always admired him. From a distance it's easy. I'm not sure how it would have been if I was here 20 years at Liverpool and you always have this battle all the time then maybe it's different," he said.

“He was a very competitive guy saying some things before he played against Liverpool. I'm pretty sure when he was in charge he didn't want us (Liverpool) to be successful.

“Maybe he doesn't want that now but the opinion is probably not that strong anymore because he said already a couple of times, I heard, that he likes what we are doing here. That's the thing."