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Real Madrid midfielder Kroos explains German TV blow-up: I was p***ed off with him

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has explained his blow-up against a German reporter after winning Saturday's Champions League final.

The TV reporter asked his compatriot whether he was surprised that Liverpool had dominated the game, but his question didn't sit well with Kroos who expressed his frustration.

"You've had 90 minutes and you come up with two such bad questions," replied the Real Madrid midfielder, before walking away.

Kroos' anger at a question from a German journalist

A few days after the final, Kroos referred to the incident on his Einfach mal luppen podcast, where he talks with his brother Felix about various topics every week.

"You can ask 'How did you see the match?' and I wouldn't have said that we had them against the wall from the first minute to the 90th," said Kroos.

"I'm the first to say it was an even game and Liverpool probably had a few more chances. But, we won the game, as we have many times in recent months.

"Instead, he wanted to hear me say that we won unfairly. I don't give a s**t in a final, you just have to win it.

"At that point I was just p***ed off. I was p***ed off at him.

"Of course, we had to go through two or three phases of pressure, I also told him that when he asked the question.

"But that's normal. What do you expect, that we dominate Liverpool for 90 minutes? They are a world-class team. We had to beat them and that's what we did."

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